CVE

Id
4135  
CVE No.
CVE-2001-1331  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Proposed (20020502)  
Votes
ACCEPT(3) Cole, Green, Wall | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(2) Cox, Foat  
Comments
CHANGE> [Frech changed vote from REVIEWING to MODIFY] | Frech> XF:mandb-tmpfile-symlink(9989)