CVE-2000-0993 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Format string vulnerability in pw_error function in BSD libutil library allows local users to gain root privileges via a malformed password in commands such as chpass or passwd.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Freebsd	Freebsd
Netbsd	Netbsd
Openbsd	Openbsd

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:58.chpass.asc
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-015.txt.asc
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2
http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_error
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:32.205Z

Reserved: 2000-11-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0993

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-0993

Redhat

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