Vulnerability in Turbolinux

CVE-2000-0170

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Turbolinux — versions 3.5b2, 4.2, 4.4
Redhat Linux — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2000-0170?: CVE-2000-0170 is a vulnerability in Turbolinux. Published 2000-02-26.
Is CVE-2000-0170 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.