FKIE_CVE-2006-4250
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-04-10 18:19 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
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
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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"lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
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.
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