Vulnerability in Alessandro Rubini Gpm
CVE-2000-0229
gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Alessandro Rubini Gpm — versions 1.18.1, 1.19
- Debian Linux — versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
- Red Hat Linux — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
- SUSE Linux — versions 5.3, 6.0, 6.1
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-045.html (vendor-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0242.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1069 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-009.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_45.html (vendor-advisory)