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CVE-2001-1331

LOW CVSS: 1.2 Published: 2001-05-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxProgeny Debian

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References