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CVE-2000-0606

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in kon program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -StartupMessage parameter.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.1, 7.0, 7.1
• RedHat Linux: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192340340.19998-100000%40ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192340340.19998-100000%40ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk

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