CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2000-0229

Published: Mar 22, 2000 | Modified: Sep 10, 2008
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gpm Alessandro_rubini 1.18.1 (including) 1.18.1 (including)
Gpm Alessandro_rubini 1.19 (including) 1.19 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 2.0 (including) 2.0 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 2.1 (including) 2.1 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 2.2 (including) 2.2 (including)
Linux Redhat 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Linux Redhat 6.1 (including) 6.1 (including)
Linux Redhat 6.2 (including) 6.2 (including)
Suse_linux Suse 5.3 (including) 5.3 (including)
Suse_linux Suse 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Suse_linux Suse 6.1 (including) 6.1 (including)
Suse_linux Suse 6.2 (including) 6.2 (including)
Suse_linux Suse 6.3 (including) 6.3 (including)

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