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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:06

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

Assigner

debian mitre root

References

9 references

URL	Tags
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

Date Public

2007-04-06 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2006-4250

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-04-10 18:19 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:28

Severity

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.

References

URL	Tags
security@debian.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/24801
security@debian.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/24828
security@debian.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
security@debian.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278	Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.org	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
security@debian.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355	Exploit
security@debian.org	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294
security@debian.org	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295
security@debian.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/24801
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/24828
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1
debian	debian_linux	3.1

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GHSA-WFPC-RJX4-QM3J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 07:16 – Updated: 2022-05-01 07:16

Details

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.

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GSD-2006-4250

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2006-4250

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CVE-2006-4250

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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11036-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 20:10

Summary

man-2.9.4-2.2 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2006-4250.

CVE-2006-4250

Recommended: 4 products

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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Action not permitted

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

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GHSA-WFPC-RJX4-QM3J

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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11036-1

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