CVE-2000-0844
N/A
Published: January 22, 2001 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:52 PM UTC
16 products affected across 14 vendorsDebian LinuxSolarisAIX
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 16%
Description
Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-P
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-PMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_COMPAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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