Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-425-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
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.
Affected
slocate vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-0227 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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