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2 vulnerabilities by man-db_project
CVE-2018-25078 (GCVE-0-2018-25078)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-25 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-02 13:31
VLAI?
Summary
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.)
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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CVE-2015-1336 (GCVE-0-2015-1336)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-27 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:40
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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