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Bug 173919 - sys-apps/man-db < 2.4.4 local privilege escalation (CVE-2006-4250)
Summary: sys-apps/man-db < 2.4.4 local privilege escalation (CVE-2006-4250)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/24801/
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Reported: 2007-04-09 15:15 UTC by Pierre-Yves Rofes (RETIRED)
Modified: 2007-04-13 10:19 UTC (History)
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Description Pierre-Yves Rofes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-04-09 15:15:13 UTC 
Jochen Voß has reported a vulnerability in man-db, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error if the "BROWSER" environment variable contains "%s" expansions. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow and may allow the execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges.

Solution:
Update to version 2.4.4.
Comment 1 Pierre-Yves Rofes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-04-09 15:16:46 UTC 
setting status.
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2007-04-13 10:14:51 UTC 
no need for security to be involved as no one has ever stabled this package
Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2007-04-13 10:19:22 UTC 
2.4.4 now in portage