Root Privilege Escalation via Format String Vulnerability in ypserv

CVE-2000-1043 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Format string vulnerability in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function.

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