PT-2000-1790 · Linux · Linux

Published 2000-11-14 · Updated 2018-05-03 · CVE-2000-0867

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux, which does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings. This allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0867

Affected Products

Linux

References · 10

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0867 · Security Note
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/5824 · Note
• ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2 · Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html · Note
• http://turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259 · Note
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html · Note