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CVE-2001-1277
Published: Jun 25, 2002
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805
x_refsource_MISC
20010611 man 1.5h10 + man 1.5i-4 exploits
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
RHSA-2001:072
vendor-advisory
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