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CVE VENDORS PRODUCTS UPDATED PUBLISHED CVSS
CVE-2003-0645 1Andries Brouwer 1Man Apr 16, 2026 Aug 27, 2003 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 man-db 2.3.12 and 2.3.18 to 2.4.1 uses certain user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid, which could allow local users to gain privileges.
CVE-2003-0620 1Andries Brouwer 1Man Apr 16, 2026 Aug 27, 2003 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long p...Show more Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long pathname to ult_src in ult_src.c, (3) a long .so argument to test_for_include in ult_src.c, (4) a long MANPATH environment variable, or (5) a long PATH environment variable.Show less
CVE-2003-0124 1Andries Brouwer 1Man Apr 16, 2026 Mar 18, 2003 N/A· v4 N/A· v3 4.6 MEDIUM· v2 man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a prog...Show more man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.Show less