| Name | CVE-2015-1336 |
| Description | The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 840357 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| man-db (PTS) | bullseye | 2.9.4-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.11.2-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.12.1-2 | 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 | (unstable) | 2.7.6-1 | | | 840357 |
Notes
[jessie] - man-db <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - man-db <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - man-db <no-dsa> (Not exploitable in practice)
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786