DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0620

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0620

    Published: 27 Aug 2003Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2003-0620

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0620

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: man-db

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/man-db?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.1-13

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High