CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-1011

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain full administrative privileges, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to a newer version that is not vulnerable to this flaw and to restrict access to environmental variables.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.

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