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man-db — security advisory
Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.
- Products
- man-db
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.4.3-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-4250
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250
man-db
Fixed versions: 2.4.3-5
man-db
Fixed versions: 2.4.3-5
man-db
Fixed versions: 2.4.3-5
Complete source record
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