CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0193

7.2 HIGH Published 2001-05-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2001-05-03
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

Format string vulnerability in man in some Linux distributions allows local users to gain privileges via a malformed -l parameter.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 2.2 • suse suse linux 6.3 • suse suse linux 6.4 • suse suse linux 7.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98096782126481&w=2 marc.info
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-028 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2327 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6059 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98096782126481&w=2 marc.info
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-028 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2327 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6059 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com