CVE-2000-0995
N/A
Published: January 22, 2001 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: September 23, 2026 at 09:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
Format string vulnerability in OpenBSD yp_passwd program (and possibly other BSD-based operating systems) allows attackers to gain root privileges a malformed name.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patchVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5635Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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