CVE-2003-0620 (GCVE-0-2003-0620)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-08-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:58
VLAI?
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long pathname to ult_src in ult_src.c, (3) a long .so argument to test_for_include in ult_src.c, (4) a long MANPATH environment variable, or (5) a long PATH environment variable.
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CWE
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References
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105951284512898&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105960276803617&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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