CVE-2007-0227

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files. NOTE: another researcher reports that the issue is not present in slocate 2.7.

Affected products

Slocate: 3.1

References

http://osvdb.org/33465
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456739/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464220/30/7320/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21989
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-425-1
http://osvdb.org/33465
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456489/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456530/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456593/100/0/threaded

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