CVE-2007-2452

Heap-based buffer overflow in the visit_old_format function in locate/locate.c in locate in GNU findutils before 4.2.31 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in a locate database that has the old format, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1036.

Date published : 2007-06-04

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24250

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470108/100/0/threaded