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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201707-12">
<title>MAN DB: Privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>A vulnerability in MAN DB allows local users to gain root
privileges.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">man-db</product>
<announced>2017-07-09</announced>
<revised>2017-08-06: 2</revised>
<bug>602588</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="sys-apps/man-db" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.7.6.1-r2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.7.6.1-r2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>MAN DB is a man replacement that utilizes BerkelyDB instead of flat
files.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>The /var/cache/man directory as part of the MAN DB package has group
permissions set to root.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>A local user who does not belong to the root group, but has the ability
to modify the /var/cache/man directory can escalate privileges to the
group root.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All MAN DB users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/man-db-2.7.6.1-r2:0"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1336">CVE-2015-1336</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-18T16:57:30Z">whissi</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-08-06T11:10:41Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>
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