Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 3, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2001-1331
CVE-2001-1331
Description
mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c, which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.
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References
3- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720nvd
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