CVE-2000-0993 Affecting freebsd package, versions [3.2,4.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2382927
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Dec 2000
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Dec 2000

CVE-2000-0993  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

Format string vulnerability in pw_error function in BSD libutil library allows local users to gain root privileges via a malformed password in commands such as chpass or passwd.

References

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