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man: format string exploit

Package(s):

man

CVE #(s):

Created:

June 16, 2003

Updated:

June 17, 2003

Description:

Versions of man 1.5l and below contain a format string vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs when man uses an optional catalog file, supplied by the NLSPATH/LANG environmental variables. See the full advisory for more details.

Alerts:

Gentoo

200306-06

2003-06-14

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