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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-1036

CVE-2001-1036

Description

GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.

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Affected products

5
  • GNU/Findutils3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 4.1
  • Slackware/Linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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