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slocate: long path bug

Package(s):slocate CVE #(s):CAN-2005-2499
Created:August 22, 2005 Updated:October 5, 2005
Description: A bug was found in the way slocate processes very long paths. A local user could create a carefully crafted directory structure that would prevent updatedb from completing its file system scan, resulting in an incomplete slocate database.
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2005:346-01 2005-10-05
Red Hat RHSA-2005:345-02 2005-09-28
Mandriva MDKSA-2005:147 2005-08-22
Fedora FEDORA-2005-771 2005-08-22
Fedora FEDORA-2005-770 2005-08-22
Red Hat RHSA-2005:747-02 2005-08-22
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