Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New man-db packages fix arbitrary code execution |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-1278 | First vendor Publication | 2007-04-06 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2007-04-06 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A buffer overflow has been dicovered in the man command that could allow an attacker to execute code as the man user by providing specially crafted arguments to the -H flag. This is likely to be an issue only on machines with the man and mandb programs installed setuid. For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-21sarge1 For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3-5. We recommend that you upgrade your man-db package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for man File : nvt/sles9p5021681.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1278-1 (man-db) File : nvt/deb_1278_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 34813 | man/man-db -H Argument Local Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_11492.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_man-3101.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_man-3100.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-04-10 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1278.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:26:34 |
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