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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5334-1 Moderate: Man-db Permission Escalation

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Impacts Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: man-db could permit permission overrides and elevated privileges via a race condition.
man-db could be made to overwrite file and directory permissions.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu moderate threat man-db permission escalation

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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March 17, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu moderate threat man-db permission escalation

Package Information

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