Fedora Update

This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/1/
This update can be installed with Yum Update Agent; you can type 'yum update' command in the terminal.
This update can also be installed with the Red Hat Update Agent; you can launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the 'up2date' command in the terminal.

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 1 Update: slocate-2.7-4

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2004-059
2004-01-26
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Name        : slocate
Version     : 2.7                      
Release     : 4                  
Summary     : Finds files on a system via a central database.
Description :
Slocate is a security-enhanced version of locate. Just like locate,
slocate searches through a central database (which is updated nightly)
for files which match a given pattern. Slocate allows you to quickly
find files anywhere on your system.

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Update Information:

Patrik Hornik discovered a vulnerability in Slocate versions up to and
including 2.7 where a carefully crafted database could overflow a
heap-based buffer. A local user could exploit this vulnerability to gain
"slocate" group privileges and then read the entire slocate database. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
the name CAN-2003-0848 to this issue.

Users of Slocate should upgrade to these packages which contain a
patch from Kevin Lindsay which causes slocate to drop privileges before
reading a user-supplied database.
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* Wed Jan 21 2004 Mark Cox 

- drop privs for non slocate gid databases (CAN-2003-0848)
- update to 2.7

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