CVE-2000-0606

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in kon program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -StartupMessage parameter.

Buffer overflow in kon program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -StartupMessage parameter.

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

First reported 24 years ago

2000-06-21 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:05:00

Affected Software

Debian Debian Linux 2.0

2.0

Debian Debian Linux 2.1

2.1

Debian Debian Linux 2.2

2.2

Debian Debian Linux 2.3

2.3

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 6.1

6.1

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.0

7.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.1

7.1

Red Hat Linux 5.0

5.0

Red Hat Linux 5.1

5.1

Red Hat Linux 5.2

5.2

Red Hat Linux 6.1

6.1

Red Hat Linux 6.2

6.2

References

1371

20000619 Problems with "kon2" package

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