1/8/2003
8/8/2024
CVE-2003-0620: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Aug 01 2003(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Andries Brouwer Man | =2.3.20 | |
Andries Brouwer Man | =2.4.1 | |
Andries Brouwer Man | =2.3.19 | |
Andries Brouwer Man | =2.3.18 | |
Andries Brouwer Man | =2.4 | |
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