CVE-2000-1207

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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).

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97034397026473&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97063854808796&w=2
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2000/MDKSA-2000-059.php3Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-075.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97034397026473&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97063854808796&w=2
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2000/MDKSA-2000-059.php3Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-075.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 30, 2000
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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