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CVE-2003-0645

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

man-db 2.3.12 and 2.3.18 to 2.4.1 uses certain user-controlled DEFINE directives from the ~/.manpath file, even when running setuid, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Andries Brouwer Man: 2.3.20, 2.4.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106018504800341&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8352
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12848
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106018504800341&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-364
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8352
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12848

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