CVE-2000-0844
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 22, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 18, 2000
Description
Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2000:057vendor-advisory
- 20000906 glibc locale security problemvendor-advisory
- 20000902 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - glibcmailing-list
- SSRT0689Uvendor-advisory
- TLSA2000020-1vendor-advisory
- 20000902 glibc: local root exploitvendor-advisory
- 20000904 UNIX locale format string vulnerabilitymailing-list
- IY13753vendor-advisory
- 1634vdb-entry
- CSSA-2000-030.0vendor-advisory
- unix-locale-format-string(5176)vdb-entry
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