CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-1336

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before version 2.7.6.1-1 in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via insecure chown use.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access by local users, potentially leading to privilege escalation and security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Man-db to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the man account to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS