Man-db DEFINE Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:8341

Info

Man-db DEFINE Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8341
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0645
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 04 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: Announced in a Debian advisory.
Vulnerable: man man 2.4.1
man man 2.3.20
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Man-db DEFINE Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

man-db can allow a local user to execute commands with elevated privileges through the DEFINE directive. This would only occur if man-db were installed to run as setuid "man" which is not the default.

Exploit / POC

Man-db DEFINE Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

There is no exploit code required.

Solution / Fix

Man-db DEFINE Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released advisory DSA 364-1 with fixes for this issue. See the
referenced advisory for links to fixed packages.

References

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