CVE-2001-0181
Format string vulnerability in the error logging code of DHCP server and client in Caldera Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the error logging code of DHCP server and client in Caldera Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.20% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- caldera/openlinux desktop · caldera/openlinux edesktop · caldera/openlinux eserver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-003.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2215Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5953
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-003.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2215Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5953
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.