CVE-2003-0645 (GCVE-0-2003-0645)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-08-14 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:58
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8352 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106018504800341&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2003-08-04 00:00
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