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GLSA-201707-12 : MAN DB: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 101343

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201707-12 (MAN DB: Privilege escalation)

 The /var/cache/man directory as part of the MAN DB package has group permissions set to root.
 Impact :

 A local user who does not belong to the root group, but has the ability to modify the /var/cache/man directory can escalate privileges to the group root.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MAN DB users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/man-db-2.7.6.1-r2:0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101343

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201707-12.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 7/10/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:man-db, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1336

GLSA: 201707-12