fkie_cve-2000-0993
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2000-12-19 05:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
Format string vulnerability in pw_error function in BSD libutil library allows local users to gain root privileges via a malformed password in commands such as chpass or passwd.
References
Impacted products
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