Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5334-1 – Torchsec
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5334-1
March 17, 2022
man-db vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
Summary:
man-db could be made to overwrite file and directory permissions.
Software Description:
- man-db: on-line manual pager
Details:
It was discovered that man-db incorrectly handled permission changing
operations in its daily cron job, and was therefore affected by a race
condition. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges
and execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
man-db 2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5334-1
CVE-2015-1336
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