CVE-2001-1331 | BDVDB-2026-3915 Detail

Description#

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12002-05-03Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.