CVE-2018-25078

Name	CVE-2018-25078
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.)
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

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
	forky, sid, trixie	2.13.1-1	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)	(not affected)

- man-db <not-affected> (Gentoo-specific packaging issue)