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CVE-2005-2499
slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (updatedb exit and…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
slocate before 2.7 does not properly process very long paths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (updatedb exit and incomplete slocate database) via a certain crafted directory structure.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 68% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 1014751 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 19034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9538 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:346 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- slocate-directory-structure-dos(22316) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 14640 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:345 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:747 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2500 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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