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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : man (MDKSA-2003:054)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14038

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

A difficult to exploit vulnerability was discovered in versions of man prior to 1.5l. A bug exists in man that could cause a program named 'unsafe' to be executed due to a malformed man file. In order to exploit this bug, a local attacker would have to be able to get another user to read the malformed man file, and the attacker would also have to create a file called 'unsafe' that would be located somewhere in the victim's path.

Solution

Update the affected man package.

See Also

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104740927915154&w=2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14038

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2003-054.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:man, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0124

MDKSA: 2003:054