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CVE-2003-0620

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/08/2003
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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