CVE-2001-0641

Immunix OS 6.2/7.0 / RedHat 5.2/6.2/7.0 / SuSE Linux 6.x/7.0/7.1 - 'Man -S' Heap Overflow

Severity Score

4.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.6

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-05-13 First Exploit
2001-08-06 CVE Reserved
2001-09-20 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/190136	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6530	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20843	2001-05-13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2711	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-069.html	2017-10-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.html	2017-10-10
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_019_man_txt.html	2017-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Immunix Search vendor "Immunix"		Immunix Search vendor "Immunix" for product "Immunix"				6.2 Search vendor "Immunix" for product "Immunix" and version "6.2"		-		Affected
Immunix Search vendor "Immunix"		Immunix Search vendor "Immunix" for product "Immunix"				7.0 Search vendor "Immunix" for product "Immunix" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Immunix Search vendor "Immunix"		Immunix Search vendor "Immunix" for product "Immunix"				7.0_beta Search vendor "Immunix" for product "Immunix" and version "7.0_beta"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				5.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				6.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "6.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				6.1 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "6.1"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				6.2 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "6.2"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				6.3 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "6.3"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				6.4 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "6.4"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				7.1 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "7.1"		-		Affected