CVE-2015-1336
man-db: TOCTOU bug when processing catman pages
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · December 13, 2015
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition