CVE-2003-0620
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 1, 2003
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 31, 2003
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 20030729 man-db[] multiple(4) vulnerabilities.mailing-list
- 20030730 Re: man-db[] multiple(4) vulnerabilities.mailing-list
- DSA-364vendor-advisory
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