The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.163Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0506

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-06-09T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:32:39.680

Link: CVE-2000-0506

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-06-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0506 - Bugzilla