CVE-2000-0844 | BDVDB-2026-1862 Detail
Description#
Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5176
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.