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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202310-08">
<title>man-db: privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>A root privilege escalation through setuid executable and cron job has been discovered in man-db.</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">man-db</product>
<announced>2023-10-08</announced>
<revised count="1">2023-10-08</revised>
<bug>662438</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="sys-apps/man-db" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.8.5</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.8.5</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>man-db is a man replacement that utilizes BerkeleyDB instead of flat files.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>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.</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>A local user with access to the man user or group can elevate privileges to root.</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All man-db users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/man-db-2.8.5"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25078">CVE-2018-25078</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2023-10-08T07:25:53.857649Z">graaff</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2023-10-08T07:25:53.860912Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>
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