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CVE-2001-0641 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of L)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0641
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-09-20
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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