CVE-2000-0901

Public Date:
2000-09-05
Bugzilla:
1616522: CVE-2000-0901 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Format string vulnerability in screen 3.9.5 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via format characters in the vbell_msg initialization variable.

Find out more about CVE-2000-0901 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 5.2 RHSA-2000:058 2000-09-07

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