CVE-2001-1331: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 2.2 only
• Progeny Debian: version 1.0 only

Published 2001-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.