Userhelper in Usermode Package on Red Hat Linux Allows Format String Exploitation via LANG or LC_ALL Environment Variables (CVE-2000-0844)

CVE-2000-1207 · HIGH Severity

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

userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).

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