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CVE-2001-0641
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2001-09-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.
Affected products
- Immunix: 6.2, 7.0, 7.0_beta
- RedHat Linux: 5.2, 6.2, 7.0
- Suse Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0 (+1)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_019_man_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-069.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/190136
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2711
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6530
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_019_man_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-069.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/190136
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2711
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6530
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