DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4250
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2007-04-10T18:19:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:08:57.827993Z
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / man-db

Package

Name
man-db
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/man-db?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250.json"

Debian:12 / man-db

Package

Name
man-db
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/man-db?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250.json"

Debian:13 / man-db

Package

Name
man-db
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/man-db?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250.json"

Debian:14 / man-db

Package

Name
man-db
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/man-db?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250.json"