Published: 20/09/2001 Updated: 10/10/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 465

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/2711/info A heap overflow vulnerability exists in the 'man' system manual pager program The vulnerability exists due to a length check error when the -S option is given As a result, it may be possible for a local user to execute arbitrary code with group 'man' privileges githubcom/offensive-s ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2711 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-069.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/190136 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_019_man_txt.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6530 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20843/

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