PT-2000-1767 · Ibm+12 · Aix+14
Published
2000-11-14
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Updated
2018-10-30
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CVE-2000-0844
CVSS v2.0
10
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
No specific software or versions are mentioned.
Description
The issue concerns the locale subsystem on Unix systems, where certain functions do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings. This allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as
gettext() and catopen().Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Aix
Debian
Immunix
Irix
Linux
Mandrake Linux
Openlinux
Openlinux Ebuilder
Openlinux Eserver
Secure Linux
Slackware Linux
Solaris
Sunos
Suse Linux
Turbolinux