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CVE-2018-25078

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-250

Description

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.)

Affected products

• Man-Db Project Man-Db: before 2.8.5 — fixed in 2.8.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Man-Db Project Man-Db 2.8.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/662438
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-08

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