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CVE-2006-4250

Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.

Published

2007-04-10T18:19:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
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