CVE-2000-1010 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly other BSD-based OSes allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains format characters.

Published: 2001-01-22

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 4.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2::alpha:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2::i386:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2::sparc:::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0997	Format string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly other BSD-based OSes allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains format characters.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04561.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/137890
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1764
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5344

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

Redhat Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:32.395Z

Reserved: 2000-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1010

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-12-11T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:52:57.913

Link: CVE-2000-1010

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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