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CVE-2003-0620 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
andries brouwer man
2.3.18
2.3.19
2.3.20
2.4
2.4.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0620
NVD Published Date:
Aug 27, 2003
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2003-0620 Details - Not Deferred