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CVE Reference: CVE-2003-0620
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2003-0620

Description:
Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long pathname to ult_src in ult_src.c, (3) a long .so argument to test_for_include in ult_src.c, (4) a long MANPATH environment variable, or (5) a long PATH environment variable.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364

BUGTRAQ
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105951284512898&w=2
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105960276803617&w=2


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