CVE-2000-0545 (GCVE-0-2000-0545)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-07-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:21
VLAI?
Summary
Buffer overflow in mailx mail command (aka Mail) on Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges via a long -c (carbon copy) parameter.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1305 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000605 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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