CVE-2000-0844

Summary

CVECVE-2000-0844
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-11-14 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:26:00 UTC
DescriptionSome 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Caldera Openlinux All All All All
Operating System Caldera Openlinux All All All All
Application Caldera Openlinux Ebuilder 3.0 All All All
Application Caldera Openlinux Ebuilder 3.0 All All All
Operating System Caldera Openlinux Eserver 2.3 All All All
Operating System Caldera Openlinux Eserver 2.3 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 4.0es All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 4.1 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 4.0es All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 4.1 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.3 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 3.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 3.2.4 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 3.2.5 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.0 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.4 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.5 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 3.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 3.2.4 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 3.2.5 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.0 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.4 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.1.5 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.2 All All All
Application Immunix Immunix 6.2 All All All
Application Immunix Immunix 6.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.4 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.2m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.3f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.3m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.4 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.6 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.7 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.8 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.4 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.2m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.3f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.3m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.4 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.6 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.7 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.8 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.2 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.2 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 1.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 1.1 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 1.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 1.1 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.2 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.3 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.4 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.2 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.3 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
20000901-01-P SGI patches.sgi.com
Multiple Vendor Locale Subsystem Format String Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found CALDERA www.calderasystems.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - Format string vulnerability in AIX(r) locale subsystem. - From [email protected] AIXAPAR archives.neohapsis.com
[TL-Security-Announce] glibc unsetenv and locale TLSA2000020-1 TURBO www.turbolinux.com
20000902 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - glibc BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- glibc DEBIAN www.debian.org
Neohapsis Archives - Compaq Tru64 - SSRT0689U Security Advisory locale message files - From [email protected] COMPAQ archives.neohapsis.com
20000904 UNIX locale format string vulnerability BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Page Not Found | SUSE SUSE www.novell.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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