CVE-2000-0824
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in setuid programs by specifying their own duplicate environmental variables such as LD_PRELOAD or LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-19503ProFTPd 1.2 pre6 - 'snprintf' Remote Rootfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (30)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0509.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0525.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93760201002154&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-028.0.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902enisa_euvd
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-040.php3enisa_euvd
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-045.php3enisa_euvd
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