vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5334-1 (CVE-2015-1336): man-db vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 27, 2017 | Mar 18, 2022 | Apr 23, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 27, 2017
Added
Mar 18, 2022
Modified
Apr 23, 2025
Description
It was discovered that man-db incorrectly handled permission changing
operations in its daily cron job, and was therefore affected by a race
condition. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges
and execute arbitrary code.
Solution
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-man-db
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