CVE catalog
CVE-2003-0620
man-db: CVE-2003-0620
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.80% · Oct 27, 2026
Multiple buffer overflows in man-db 2.4.1 and earlier, when installed setuid, allow local users to gain privileges via (1) MANDATORY_MANPATH, MANPATH_MAP, and MANDB_MAP arguments to add_to_dirlist in manp.c, (2) a long pathname to ult_src in ult_src.c, (3) a long .so argument to test_for_include in ult_src.c, (4) a long MANPATH environment variable, or (5) a long PATH environment variable.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | man-db | sid | 2.13.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | man-db | forky | 2.13.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | man-db | trixie | 2.13.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | man-db | bookworm | 2.11.2-2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | man-db | source | sid | 2.4.1-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | man-db | source | forky | 2.4.1-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | man-db | source | trixie | 2.4.1-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | man-db | source | bookworm | 2.4.1-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [man-db]Fixed
Details (2)
2.11.2-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.4.1-13dsa · man-db · debian · bookworm; dsa · man-db · debian · 12
2.11.2-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.4.1-13dsa · man-db · debian · bookworm; dsa · man-db · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [man-db]Fixed
Details (2)
2.13.1-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.4.1-13dsa · man-db · debian · 13
2.13.1-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.4.1-13dsa · man-db · debian · 13
Observed: