PT-2001-2456 · Man Db · Man-Db

Published 2001-05-03 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2001-1331

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.2

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions man-db versions prior to 2.3.16-3

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via command line options, specifically the -u or -c options, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.16-3, update to version 2.3.16-3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the -u and -c options in the mandb command until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1331

Affected Products

Man-Db

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1331 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/2720 · Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307 · Note