CVE-2000-1043 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Format string vulnerability in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1)
Format string vulnerability in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-1043 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-12-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Format string vulnerability in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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