Vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux

CVE-2000-0606

Buffer overflow in kon program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -StartupMessage parameter.

EPSS: 0.006 (43.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Mandrakesoft Mandrake_linux — versions 6.1, 7.0, 7.1
Debian Debian_linux — versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
Redhat Linux — versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

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