PT-2000-1500 · Linux · Man

Published 2000-07-03 · Updated 2018-05-03 · CVE-2000-0566

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux man package (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack, exploiting the makewhatis functionality in the Linux man package.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0566

Affected Products

Man

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0566 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4900 · Note
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:015 · Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-041.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0390.html · Note
• ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-021.0.txt · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1434 · Note