man-db: privilege escalation

man-db: privilege escalation A root privilege escalation through setuid executable and cron job has been discovered in man-db. man-db 2023-10-08 2023-10-08 662438 remote 2.8.5 2.8.5

man-db is a man replacement that utilizes BerkeleyDB instead of flat files.

A root privilege escalation through setuid executable and cron job has been discovered in man-db. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

A local user with access to the man user or group can elevate privileges to root.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All man-db users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/man-db-2.8.5"

CVE-2018-25078 graaff graaff