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Vendor Man-Db Project First view 2017-09-27
Product Man-Db Last view 2023-01-26
Version 2.7.6.1 Type Application
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CPE Product cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db

Activity : Overall

Related : CVE

  Date Alert Description
7.8 2023-01-26 CVE-2018-25078

man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)

7.8 2017-09-27 CVE-2015-1336

The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

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100% (1) CWE-284 Access Control (Authorization) Issues

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id Description
2017-07-10 Name: The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File: gentoo_GLSA-201707-12.nasl - Type: ACT_GATHER_INFO