CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2000-0867

Published: Nov 14, 2000 | Modified: May 03, 2018
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

Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Secure_linux Trustix 1.1 1.1
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 7.0 7.0
Linux Redhat 6.2 6.2
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 7.1 7.1
Debian_linux Debian 2.1 2.1
Linux Redhat 5.2 5.2
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 6.0 6.0
Slackware_linux Slackware * *
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 6.1 6.1
Debian_linux Debian 2.2 2.2

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