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CVE-2001-0850 — HIGH severity vulnerability (A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1)

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could allow local or remote users to exploit those functions with a buffer overflow.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0850
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score10.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-12-06
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionA configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could allow local or remote users to exploit those functions with a buffer overflow.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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