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CVE-2000-0229

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.

Affected products

• Alessandro Rubini Gpm: 1.18.1, 1.19
• Debian Linux: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
• RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
• Suse Linux: 5.3, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0242.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_45.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-009.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-045.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1069
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0242.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_45.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-009.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-045.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1069

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