PT-2001-2405 · Gnu · Man

Published 2001-06-11 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2001-1277

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: man package version 1.5i1 and earlier

Description: The issue allows an attacker in the man group to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.

Recommendations: For man package versions prior to 1.5i2, update to version 1.5i2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1277

Affected Products

Man

References · 4

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1277 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805 · Note