Mandrake Linux Advisory: slocate

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           slocate
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:015
Date:                   February 5th, 2003

Affected versions:      8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0
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Problem Description:

 A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in slocate by team USG.
 The overflow appears when slocate is used with the -c and -r 
 parameters, using a 1024 (or 10240) byte string.  This has been 
 corrected in slocate version 2.7.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0056
  http://www.usg.org.uk/advisories/2003.001.txt
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Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrake Linux 8.0:
 5baaca0c9cc000a0e8f1fb92623440f2  8.0/RPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a214767ebd21a0abf2b3a0eedd05d5bb  8.0/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.0/PPC:
 7c9478ef57bc4db0fb460df429e21b0c  ppc/8.0/RPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 a214767ebd21a0abf2b3a0eedd05d5bb  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1:
 4f58bc73e4f63394f20059bd47fe1e89  8.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a214767ebd21a0abf2b3a0eedd05d5bb  8.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1/IA64:
 528cc4fd94ff389388dd45c8e1dca6f4  ia64/8.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.ia64.rpm
 a214767ebd21a0abf2b3a0eedd05d5bb  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2:
 9db2f05b4bf339295ba162aab90b559e  8.2/RPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a214767ebd21a0abf2b3a0eedd05d5bb  8.2/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC:
 9a8292e6a09676e54492824f28e3bfa9  ppc/8.2/RPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 a214767ebd21a0abf2b3a0eedd05d5bb  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.0:
 f400580184fcedab1b91fae6d7ce3b26  9.0/RPMS/slocate-2.7-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
 8a39b27b8f9a3c6e475182e33c27e7e7  9.0/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-1.2mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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