CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0229

7.2 HIGH Published 2000-03-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-03-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.

Affected configurations

• alessandro rubini gpm 1.18.1 • alessandro rubini gpm 1.19 • debian debian linux 2.0 • debian debian linux 2.1 • debian debian linux 2.2 • redhat linux 6.0 • redhat linux 6.1 • redhat linux 6.2 • suse suse linux 5.3 • suse suse linux 6.0 • suse suse linux 6.1 • suse suse linux 6.2 • suse suse linux 6.3

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