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Unscored RHSA-2005:346 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: slocate security update

Published Aug 18, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as slocate 0:2.7-13.el4.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as slocate-debuginfo 0:2.7-13.el4.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop slocate 0:2.7-13.el4.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop slocate-debuginfo 0:2.7-13.el4.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es slocate 0:2.7-13.el4.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es slocate-debuginfo 0:2.7-13.el4.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws slocate 0:2.7-13.el4.6
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws slocate-debuginfo 0:2.7-13.el4.6

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2005-2499

    slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (up…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=139950
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=152253
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=156091
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=165430
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2005/rhsa-2005_346.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2499
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617730
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2499
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2499