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.)
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08 |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00
Updated: 2023-10-08T08:06:52.872898
Reserved: 2023-01-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-25078
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:16.080
Modified: 2023-10-08T09:15:10.143
Link: CVE-2018-25078
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE