CVE-2003-0620

Published Aug 1, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0614 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 1:58 AM
Reserved
Jul 31, 2003, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 27, 2003, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:02 PM