CVE-2000-1040

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in logging function of ypbind 3.3, while running in debug mode, leaks file descriptors and allows an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Affected products

Suse Linux: 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0356.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/suse/2000-q4/0262.html
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-039.0.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001014
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-064.php3?dis=7.1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-086.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1820
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5394
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0356.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/suse/2000-q4/0262.html

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