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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>