CVE-2018-25078

High

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.)

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

Exploit probability—

ProductMan-db

PublishedJan 26, 2023

First seenJan 26, 2023

Weakness typeCWE-250CWE-250

How to fix

Update

man-db_project man-db2.8.5 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
man-db_project man-db	v < 2.8.5	2.8.5

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