{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2000-0901", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "screen-format-string(5188)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5188" }, { "name": "MDKSA-2000:044", "refsource": "MANDRAKE", "url": "http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-044.php3" }, { "name": "RHSA-2000:058", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-058.html" }, { "name": "20000906 screen format string parsing security problem", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv6_draht_screen_txt.html" }, { "name": "20000905 screen 3.9.5 root vulnerability", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/80178" }, { "name": "FreeBSD-SA-00:46", "refsource": "FREEBSD", "url": "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:46.screen.asc" }, { "name": "1641", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641" }, { "name": "20000906 Screen-3.7.6 local compromise", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0530.html" } ] } }