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CVE-2000-0666: Conectiva Linux: Privilege escalation

CVE-2000-0666 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Conectiva Linux, along with 3 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

rpc.statd in the nfs-utils package in various Linux distributions does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Conectiva Linux: 4.0; 4.0es; 4.1; 4.2; 5.0; 5.1
  • Red Hat Linux: 6.0; 6.1; 6.2
  • Debian Linux: 2.2; 2.3
  • Suse Linux: 6.3; 6.3 alpha; 6.4; 6.4 alpha; 7.0
  • Trustix Secure Linux: 1.0; 1.1

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