CVE-2006-4250 (GCVE-0-2006-4250)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:06
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/24828 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/24801 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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