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CVE-2000-0186

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-02-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the dump utility in the Linux ext2fs backup package allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 3.4
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.1, 7.0
• RedHat Linux: 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
• Turbolinux: 4.2, 4.4, 6.0.2

References

• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-100.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1020
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-100.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1020

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