CVE-2000-0378

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The pam_console PAM module in Linux systems performs a chown on various devices upon a user login, but an open file descriptor for those devices can be maintained after the user logs out, which allows that user to sniff activity on these devices when subsequent users log in.

Affected products

RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0023.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1176
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0023.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1176

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