CVE-2000-0607

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in fld program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via an input file containing long CHARSET_REGISTRY or CHARSET_ENCODING settings.

Buffer overflow in fld program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via an input file containing long CHARSET_REGISTRY or CHARSET_ENCODING settings.

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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