CVE-2000-0867
Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux
- redhat:linux
- slackware:slackware_linux
- trustix:secure_linux
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html