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CVE-2003-0620
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |