UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1336
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336
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Published
2017-09-28T01:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:19Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / man-db

Package

Name
man-db
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/man-db@2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.5-2
2.6.5-3
2.6.6-1
2.6.7.1-1
2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "man-db",
            "binary_version": "2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / man-db

Package

Name
man-db
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/man-db@2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.4-1
2.7.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "man-db",
            "binary_version": "2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336.json"