CVE-2000-0506

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Summary

CVECVE-2000-0506
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-06-09 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.0.30 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.0.33 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.0.34 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.0.35 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.0.36 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.0.37 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.0.38 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.15 pre16 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.15_pre20 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.16 pre5 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0062.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0063.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
sgigate.sgi.com/security/20000802-01-P af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sgigate.sgi.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Linux Capabilities Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus MITRE www.securityfocus.com
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