CVE catalog
CVE-2018-25078
man-db: CVE-2018-25078
- Severity
- Low
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.38% · Oct 25, 2026
man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Also, the owner can strip the setuid and setgid bits.)
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 | not affected |
| Debian | man-db | forky | 2.13.1-1 | not affected |
| Debian | man-db | trixie | 2.13.1-1 | not affected |
| Debian | man-db | bookworm | 2.11.2-2 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | man-db | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | man-db | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | man-db | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | man-db | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [man-db]Not affected
Details (2)
2.11.2-2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · man-db · debian · bookworm
2.11.2-2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · man-db · debian · bookworm
Observed: