Ubuntu Security Notice 5334-1 - It was discovered that man-db incorrectly handled permission changing operations in its daily cron job, and was therefore affected by a race condition. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 2017-07-12 - A vulnerability in MAN DB allows local users to gain root privileges. Versions less than 2.7.6.1-r2 are affected.
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Man-db version 2.6.7.1 suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability.
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