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TI-2003-00052 Aliases CVE-2003-0056GHSA-g52f-4wx9-cj5q

Buffer overflow in secure locate (slocate) before 2.7 allows local users to execute…

Priority LOW 34Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Buffer overflow in secure locate (slocate) before 2.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -c or (2) -r command line argument.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01091 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5VulnerableSlocate
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6VulnerableSlocate
  • cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5 Vulnerable ·Slocate
  • cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6 Vulnerable ·Slocate

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2004:041 Released 2004-01-26 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    slocate security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 slocate-2.7-3, slocate-2.7-3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 slocate-2.7-3, slocate-2.7-3.i386, slocate-2.7-3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 slocate-2.7-3, slocate-2.7-3.i386, slocate-2.7-3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 slocate-2.7-3, slocate-2.7-3.i386, slocate-2.7-3.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:041
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:041
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:041
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:041

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0056
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g52f-4wx9-cj5q

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 4

  • TI-2007-00220 slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2003-00783 Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2003-00306 Integer overflow in parse_decode_path() of slocate may allow attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2005-02365 slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths, which allows local users to… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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