CVE-2000-1012

High

Description

The catopen function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the LANG environmental variable.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductFreebsd
PublishedDec 11, 2000
First seenDec 11, 2000

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freebsd freebsd3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 5.0—

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