Vulnerability Details CVE-2003-0620
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 38.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
Products affected by CVE-2003-0620
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cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.18
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cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.19
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cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.3.20
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cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:man:2.4.1