CVEvulnerability
CVE-2000-0998
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2000-12-11
- Last modified
- 2026-09-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Format string vulnerability in top program allows local attackers to gain root privileges via the "kill" or "renice" function.
Affected configurations
• freebsd freebsd 3.5
• freebsd freebsd 3.5.1
• freebsd freebsd 4.0
• freebsd freebsd 4.1
• freebsd freebsd 4.1.1
References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:62.top.v1.1.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch ftp.openbsd.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1895 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:62.top.v1.1.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch ftp.openbsd.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1895 Patch, Vendor Advisory