FKIE_CVE-2000-0506
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2000-06-09 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.0 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.0.30 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.0.33 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.0.34 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.0.35 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.0.36 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.0.37 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.0.38 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.0 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.10 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.12 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.13 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.14 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.15 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.15 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.15_pre20 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.16 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.2.16 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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