userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-07-31T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.389Z

Reserved: 2002-07-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-1207

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-09-30T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:09:13.740

Link: CVE-2000-1207

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-09-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-1207 - Bugzilla