makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2001-1258 | makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:07.538Z
Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-1277
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2001-06-11T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2001-1277
OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD