Privilege Escalation via Insecure chown in Man-db Cleanup Job

CVE-2015-1336 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.

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