CVE-2015-1336

The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.
References
Link Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html - Third Party Advisory () http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Information

Published : 2017-09-28 01:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:25


NVD link : CVE-2015-1336

Mitre link : CVE-2015-1336

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-1336


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

man-db_project

  • man-db

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-284

Improper Access Control