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.
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History
21 Nov 2024, 02:25
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References | () 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 | |
References | () 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 | |
References | () 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 | |
References | () 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 |
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
JSON object : View
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
man-db_project
- man-db
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-284
Improper Access Control