CVE catalog

CVE-2015-1336

man-db: CVE-2015-1336

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.05% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

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
Ubuntuman-dbpro2.7.4-1vulnerable
Ubuntuman-dbpro2.7.5-1vulnerable
Ubuntuman-dbpro2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1fixed
Ubuntuman-db14.042.6.5-2vulnerable
Ubuntuman-db14.042.6.5-3vulnerable
Ubuntuman-db14.042.6.6-1vulnerable
Ubuntuman-db14.042.6.7.1-1vulnerable
Ubuntuman-db14.042.6.7.1-1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntuman-dbpro2.7.4-1vulnerable
Ubuntuman-dbpro2.7.5-1vulnerable
Ubuntuman-dbpro2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianman-dbsourcesid2.7.6-1not yet assignedNot reported[840357]
Debianman-dbsourceforky2.7.6-1not yet assignedNot reported[840357]
Debianman-dbsourcetrixie2.7.6-1not yet assignedNot reported[840357]
Debianman-dbsourcebookworm2.7.6-1not yet assignedNot reported[840357]
Ubuntuman-dbdebpro2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Not reportedUSN-5334-1Not reported
Ubuntuman-dbdebpro2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336Not reported

[Debian bug #840357]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [man-db]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 2.11.2-2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.7.6-1

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

    • 2.11.2-2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.7.6-1

      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: 2.7.6-1

      dsa · man-db · debian · 13

    • 2.13.1-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.7.6-1

      dsa · man-db · debian · 13

Observed:

References

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