Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in slocate's parse_decode_path() Function

CVE-2003-0326 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Integer overflow in parse_decode_path() of slocate may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a LOCATE_PATH with a large number of ":" (colon) characters, whose count is used in a call to malloc.

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