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CVE-2006-4250

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
10/04/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.

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:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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