CVE-2003-0645

published 2003-08-27

CVE-2003-0645: man-db 2.3.12 and 2.3.18 to 2.4.1 uses certain user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid, which could allow local…

Priority P4 16 medium 4.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

man-db 2.3.12 and 2.3.18 to 2.4.1 uses certain user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
andries_brouwer	man	—	—
andries_brouwer	man	—	—
debian	man-db	< man-db 2.4.1-13 (bookworm)	man-db 2.4.1-13 (bookworm)
man-db_project	man-db	>= 0 < 2.4.1-13	2.4.1-13
man-db_project	man-db	>= 0 < 2.4.1-13	2.4.1-13
man-db_project	man-db	>= 0 < 2.4.1-13	2.4.1-13
man-db_project	man-db	>= 0 < 2.4.1-13	2.4.1-13

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 4.6 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 4.6 MEDIUM

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