CVE-2000-1042

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

11/12/2000

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

10.00

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2000-1042

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools