mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local... · CVE-2001-1331 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

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Affected versions

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Patched versions

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Description

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

May 3, 2001

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022

Last updated Jan 30, 2023