CVE-2000-1042 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mandrake Linux
5 documents4 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 11
Latest updateApr 30
Description
Buffer overflow in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0