CVE-2000-0844

N/A Unknown

Published: November 14, 2000 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-P

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5176

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-P