CVE-2000-1040

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Format string vulnerability in logging function of ypbind 3.3, while running in debug mode, leaks file descriptors and allows an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Format string vulnerability in logging function of ypbind 3.3, while running in debug mode, leaks file descriptors and allows an attacker to cause a denial of service.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

SuSE SuSE Linux

First reported 24 years ago

2000-12-11 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

SuSE SuSE Linux 6.2

6.2

SuSE SuSE Linux 6.3

6.3

SuSE SuSE Linux 6.4

6.4

SuSE SuSE Linux 7.0

7.0

References

20001025 Immunix OS Security Update for ypbind package

20001030 Trustix Security Advisory - ping gnupg ypbind

SuSE-SA:2000:042

CSSA-2000-039.0

20001014 nis: local exploit

MDKSA-2000:064

RHSA-2000:086

1820

Patch, Vendor Advisory

ypbind-printf-format-string(5394)

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