USN-5334-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5334-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5334-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5334-1

Related

Published

2022-03-17T12:46:06.848303Z

Modified

2022-03-17T12:46:06.848303Z

Summary

man-db vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that man-db incorrectly handled permission changing operations in its daily cron job, and was therefore affected by a race condition. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

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