CVE-2000-0666

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 26.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-07-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rpc.statd in the nfs-utils package in various Linux distributions does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Affected products

Conectiva Linux: 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1
Debian Linux: 2.2, 2.3
RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Suse Linux: 6.3, 6.3-alpha, 6.4, 6.4-alpha, 7.0
Trustix Secure Linux: 1.0, 1.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0260.html
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-025.0.txt
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-043.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1480
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4939
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html

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