Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2000-1011

Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Freebsd — versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

References