CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2000-1011

Published: Dec 11, 2000 | Modified: Apr 16, 2026
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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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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FreebsdFreebsd3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd3.2 (including)3.2 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd3.3 (including)3.3 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd3.4 (including)3.4 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd3.5 (including)3.5 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd3.5.1 (including)3.5.1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.0 (including)4.0 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.1 (including)4.1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.1.1 (including)4.1.1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.2 (including)4.2 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0 (including)5.0 (including)

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