PT-2000-1012 · Red Hat · Dump+2

Published 2000-06-07 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2000-0520

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dump package versions 0.4b17 and earlier dump-static-0.4b19 dump-0.4b19 rmt-0.4b19

Description The issue affects the dump package in Red Hat Linux, allowing for potential disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. Exploitation can be done remotely. A buffer overflow in the restore program, part of the dump package, enables local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long tape name.

Recommendations For dump package versions 0.4b17 and earlier: update to a version later than 0.4b17 to resolve the buffer overflow issue. For dump-static-0.4b19, dump-0.4b19, and rmt-0.4b19: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-07991

BDU:2015-07992

BDU:2015-08211

CVE-2000-0520

Affected Products

Dump

Dump-Static

Rmt

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20004 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11880 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0520 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1330 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-07991 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08211 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-07992 · Security Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96240393814071&w=2 · Note