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CVE-2003-0620
Published: Aug 1, 2003
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long pathname to ult_src in ult_src.c, (3) a long .so argument to test_for_include in ult_src.c, (4) a long MANPATH environment variable, or (5) a long PATH environment variable.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20030729 man-db[] multiple(4) vulnerabilities.
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
20030730 Re: man-db[] multiple(4) vulnerabilities.
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
DSA-364
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
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