CVE-2003-0620
EPSS 0.17%man-db - buffer overflows, arbitrary command execution
Published: 8/27/2003Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/man-dbfrom 0, < 2.4.1-13
- Debian/man-dbfrom 0, < 2.3.20-18.woody.2