{"id":"USN-5334-1","summary":"man-db vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that man-db incorrectly handled permission changing\noperations in its daily cron job, and was therefore affected by a race\ncondition. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges\nand execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-05-20T16:03:19.019903389Z","published":"2022-03-17T12:46:06Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1336","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5334-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1336"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"man-db","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/man-db?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.7.4-1","2.7.5-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"man-db"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5334-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}