CVE-2015-1336 (GCVE-0-2015-1336)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-09-27 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 04:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@ubuntu.com http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@ubuntu.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@ubuntu.com https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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