Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41805
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99227597227747&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-072.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.