| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2000-0170 (CCN-4043) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2000-02-26 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2000-02-26 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2008-09-10 | ||||||||
| Summary: | Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory CSSA-1999-025.0 buffer overflow in man Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Feb 26 1994 - 06:48:35 CST man bugs might lead to root compromise (RH 6.1 and other boxes) Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2000-0170 Source: CCN Type: TurboLinux Security Announcement TLSA2000004-1 man-1.5g-5 and earlier Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 1233 Linux man MANPAGER Variable Local Overflow Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 1011 Source: CCN Type: BID-1011 Multiple Linux Vendor man Buffer Overrun Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN man-bo(4043) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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