Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2000-0506
The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."
EPSS: 0.114 (95.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.0, 2.0.30, 2.0.33
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)