| Name | CVE-2006-4250 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1278-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| man-db (PTS) | stretch | 2.7.6.1-2 | fixed |
| buster | 2.8.5-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 2.9.3-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| man-db | source | sarge | 2.4.2-21sarge1 | DSA-1278-1 | ||
| man-db | source | (unstable) | 2.4.3-5 |