Vulnerability CVE-2001-0641
Published: 2001-09-20   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
SUSE -> Suse linux 
Redhat -> Linux 
Immunix -> Immunix 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_019_man_txt.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-069.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/190136
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2711
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6530
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