CVE-2000-0867

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2000-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 2.1, 2.2
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1
RedHat Linux: 5.2, 6.2
Slackware Linux: all versions
Trustix Secure Linux: 1.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html
http://www.osvdb.org/5824
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html
http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050

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