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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-25078: man-db: privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-25078: man-db: privilege escalation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/26/2023
Created
10/11/2023
Added
10/10/2023
Modified
10/10/2023

Description

man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-man-db

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