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CVE-2005-2499

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2499 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in slocate versions prior to 2.7, where local users can disrupt the updatedb process and corrupt the slocate database by creating excessively long directory paths. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and only partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: slocate-0:2.7-3.RHEL3.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: slocate-0:2.7-13.el4.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2499Low

security flaw

Aug 12, 2005

References

securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22316
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9538
osvdb.org / 19034
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-345.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-346.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-747.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/14640