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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : slocate vulnerability (USN-425-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 28018

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

A flaw was discovered in the permission checking code of slocate. When reporting matching files, locate would not correctly respect the parent directory's 'read' bits. This could result in filenames being displayed when the file owner had expected them to remain hidden from other system users.

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Solution

Update the affected slocate package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/425-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 28018

File Name: ubuntu_USN-425-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slocate

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0227

USN: 425-1