CVE-2001-0641
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.3% (69th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2001-0628)
- Published
- September 20, 2001
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2001-0628 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- immunix / immunix
- immunix / immunix
- immunix / immunix
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
Certified products that may be affected
10 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux on 32 bit x86 Architecture, Version 6.2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0924-2014 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 dm-crypt Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1933 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1901 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Openswan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1859 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.2 with KVM Virtualization for x86 Architectures - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0754-2012 - archived
See all 10 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_019_man_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-069.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/190136
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2711(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6530
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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