CVE-2000-0170

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Red Hat Linux

First reported 24 years ago

2000-02-26 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:03:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Linux 4.0

4.0

Red Hat Linux 4.1

4.1

Red Hat Linux 4.2

4.2

Red Hat Linux 5.0

5.0

Red Hat Linux 5.1

5.1

Red Hat Linux 5.2

5.2

Red Hat Linux 6.0

6.0

Red Hat Linux 6.2

6.2

References

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