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CVE-2000-0844: Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format…

CVE-2000-0844 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 16 affected products, including Caldera Openlinux Ebuilder. 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

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.

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

  • Caldera Openlinux Ebuilder: 3.0
  • Immunix: 6.2
  • Conectiva Linux: 4.0; 4.0es; 4.1; 4.2; 5.0; 5.1
  • Sgi Irix: 6.2; 6.3; 6.4; 6.5; 6.5.1; 6.5.2m; 6.5.3; 6.5.3f; 6.5.3m; 6.5.4; 6.5.6; 6.5.7
  • Caldera Openlinux: all versions listed by NVD
  • Caldera Openlinux Eserver: 2.3
  • Debian Linux: 2.0; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3
  • IBM AIX: 3.2; 3.2.4; 3.2.5; 4.0; 4.1; 4.1.1; 4.1.2; 4.1.3; 4.1.4; 4.1.5; 4.2; 4.2.1
  • Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 7.0; 7.1
  • Red Hat Linux: 5.0; 5.1; 5.2; 6.0; 6.1; 6.2
  • Slackware Linux: 7.0; 7.1
  • Sun Solaris: 2.6
  • Sunos: 5.0; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.5.1; 5.7; 5.8
  • Suse Linux: 6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.4; 7.0
  • Trustix Secure Linux: 1.0; 1.1

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