rhsa-2001:072
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2001-09-18 08:22
Modified
2025-05-08 02:07
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated man package fixing GID security problems.

Notes

Topic
Updated man packages fixing a local GID man exploit and a potential GID man to root exploit, as well as a problem with the man paths of Red Hat Linux 5.x and 6.x.
Details
Users could gain access to the GID man by overrunning a buffer in the ultimate_source() function. Users with GID man could get root access by creating man pages with filenames containing escape characters. Furthermore, the previous errata package hardcoded Red Hat Linux 7.x man paths even on Red Hat Linux 5.x and 6.x.
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