slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to…

Description

slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files. NOTE: another researcher reports that the issue is not present in slocate 2.7.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 33465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20070112 Re: slocate leaks filenames of protected directories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 21989 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20070110 Re: slocate leaks filenames of protected directories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20070110 slocate leaks filenames of protected directories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20070111 Re: slocate leaks filenames of protected directories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20070329 FLEA-2007-0005-1: slocate (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• USN-425-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:12 UTC.