PT-2003-1773 · Man Db · Man-Db

Vade79/V9 · Published 2003-08-14 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2003-0645

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: man-db versions 2.3.12 through 2.4.1

Description: The issue allows local users to potentially gain privileges due to the software's handling of user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid.

Recommendations: For man-db versions 2.3.12 through 2.4.1, consider restricting access to the ~/.manpath file to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the DEFINE directives in the ~/.manpath file until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0645

DSA-364

Affected Products

Man-Db

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/75 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0645 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0645 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0645 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0645 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106018504800341&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8352 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12848 · Note