1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-425-1

USN-425-1: slocate vulnerability

Publication date

22 February 2007

Overview

slocate vulnerability

Releases

Details

A flaw was discovered in the permission checking code of slocate. When
reporting matching files, locate would not correctly respect the parent
directory’s “read” bits. This could result in filenames being displayed
when the file owner had expected them to remain hidden from other system
users.

A flaw was discovered in the permission checking code of slocate. When
reporting matching files, locate would not correctly respect the parent
directory’s “read” bits. This could result in filenames being displayed
when the file owner had expected them to remain hidden from other system
users.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
6.10 edgy slocate –  3.1-1ubuntu0.1
6.06 dapper slocate –  3.0.beta.r3-1ubuntu0.1

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