CVE-2000-1043

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Format string vulnerability in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function.

Format string vulnerability in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function.

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

MandrakeSoft Mandrake 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

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 6.1

6.1

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.0

7.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.1

7.1

References

MDKSA-2000:064

Patch, Vendor Advisory

linux-ypserv-format-string(5731)

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