mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307 | |
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720 |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00
Updated: 2002-05-09T09:00:00
Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-1331
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2001-05-03T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2008-09-10T19:10:16.383
Link: CVE-2001-1331
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Redhat Information
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CWE