Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-1207 - Unspecified vulnerability in Redhat Linux

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
redhat

Summary

userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Redhat
1

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2000:075