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LIN1018-10274 : Security Advisory - man-db - CVE-2018-25078

Created: Jan 29, 2023    Updated: Nov 2, 2023
Resolved Date: Nov 2, 2023
Found In Version: 10.18.44.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18
Component/s: Userspace

Description

man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2018-25078 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25078)
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