FKIE_CVE-2000-1207

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2000-09-30 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97034397026473&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97063854808796&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2000/MDKSA-2000-059.php3Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-075.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97034397026473&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97063854808796&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2000/MDKSA-2000-059.php3Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-075.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat linux *
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