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CVE-2001-1277

Severity Low
Score 2.1/10

Summary

makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published