Vulnerability in Conectiva Linux
CVE-2000-0666
rpc.statd in the nfs-utils package in various Linux distributions does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.263 (97.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.263 · newest: 0.263 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Conectiva Linux — versions 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1
- Trustix Secure Linux — versions 1.0, 1.1
- Debian Linux — versions 2.2, 2.3
- Red Hat Linux — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
- SUSE Linux — versions 6.3, 6.4, 7.0
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-043.html (vendor-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1480 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4939 (vdb-entry)
- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-025.0.txt (vendor-advisory)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0260.html (mailing-list)