CVE-2001-1331 Information

Description

mandb in the man-db package before 2.3.16-3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via the command line options (1) -u or (2) -c which do not drop privileges and follow symlinks.

Reference

http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3307 http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-056 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2720