CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0506

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The 'capabilities' feature in Linux before version 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that lead to denial of service or unauthorized privilege escalation by local users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the Linux system to version 2.2.16 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS