Vulnerability CVE-2000-0186
Published: 2000-02-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in the dump utility in the Linux ext2fs backup package allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Turbolinux -> Turbolinux 
Redhat -> Linux 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux 
Freebsd -> Freebsd 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1020
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-100.html
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