Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:30.623Z

Reserved: 2000-10-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0844

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-11-14T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:33:24.120

Link: CVE-2000-0844

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0844 - Bugzilla