UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336

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:Pro:14.04:LTS / man-db

Package

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

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

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