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CVE-2000-0701
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
The wrapper program in mailman 2.0beta3 and 2.0beta4 does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Affected products
- Conectiva Linux: 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1
- GNU Mailman: 2.0-beta3, 2.0-beta4
- RedHat Linux: all versions
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0474.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0479.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-030.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/73220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1539
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000802105050.A11733%40rak.isternet.sk
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0474.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0479.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-030.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/73220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1539
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000802105050.A11733%40rak.isternet.sk
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