GLSA-201707-12 : MAN DB: Privilege escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201707-12 MAN DB: Privilege escalation The /var/cache/man directory as part of the MAN DB package has group permissions set to root. Impact : A local user who does not belong to the root group, but has the ability to modify the...

MAN DB: Privilege escalation

Background MAN DB is a man replacement that utilizes BerkelyDB instead of flat files. Description The /var/cache/man directory as part of the MAN DB package has group permissions set to root. Impact A local user who does not belong to the root group, but has the ability to modify the /var/cache/m...

CVE-2006-4250

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...