VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0867
Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · mandrakesoft/mandrake linux · redhat/linux · slackware/slackware linux · trustix/secure linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/5824
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/5824
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.