Bug 1616547 – CVE-2000-1207 security flaw

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Bug 1616547 - (CVE-2000-1207) CVE-2000-1207 security flaw

Summary:	CVE-2000-1207 security flaw

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	CVE-2000-1207

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2018-08-15 21:08 EDT by Stephen Herr
Modified:	2018-08-16 13:05 EDT (History)
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-15 21:08:56 EDT

Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.

Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 13:05:48 EDT

MITRE description:

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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