CVE-2015-1336

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-12-13
CWE:
CWE-367
Bugzilla:
1292432: CVE-2015-1336 man-db: TOCTOU bug when processing catman pages

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2015-1336 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.4
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 man-db Not affected

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