CVE-2000-0438 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2000-0438

Buffer overflow in fdmount on Linux systems allows local users...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in fdmount on Linux systems allows local users in the "floppy" group to execute arbitrary commands via a long mountpoint parameter.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openlinux, slackware linux, suse linux, turbolinux
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.9, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.0.1, 6.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: July 12th, 2000
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.