CVE catalog

CVE-2006-4250

man-db: CVE-2006-4250

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.33% · Oct 25, 2026

Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianman-dbsid2.13.1-1fixed
Debianman-dbforky2.13.1-1fixed
Debianman-dbtrixie2.13.1-1fixed
Debianman-dbbookworm2.11.2-2fixed
Opensusemantumbleweed2.9.4-2.2fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianman-dbsourcesid2.4.3-5not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianman-dbsourceforky2.4.3-5not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianman-dbsourcetrixie2.4.3-5not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianman-dbsourcebookworm2.4.3-5not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Opensusemanrpmtumbleweed2.9.4-2.2Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2024:11036-1Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [man-db]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 2.11.2-2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.4.3-5

      dsa · man-db · debian · bookworm; dsa · man-db · debian · 12

    • 2.11.2-2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.4.3-5

      dsa · man-db · debian · bookworm; dsa · man-db · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [man-db]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 2.13.1-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.4.3-5

      dsa · man-db · debian · 13

    • 2.13.1-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.4.3-5

      dsa · man-db · debian · 13

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

  • [man]Fixed

    Source package: [man]

    Details (1)

    • 2.13.1-7.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.9.4-2.2

      dsa · man · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]