CVE-2000-1011

CVE-2000-1011

EPSS 0.4%

Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.

Affected products

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References

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:53.catopen.asc https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5638 http://www.osvdb.org/6070