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CVE-2000-1011

Published: Dec 11, 2000 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1011
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 (including) 3.0 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 3.1 (including) 3.1 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 3.2 (including) 3.2 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 3.3 (including) 3.3 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 3.4 (including) 3.4 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 (including) 3.5 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 (including) 3.5.1 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 (including) 4.0 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 (including) 4.1 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 (including) 4.1.1 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 (including) 4.2 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 (including) 5.0 (including)

References

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