Description
Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/5824 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2 ↗
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html ↗
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050 ↗
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html ↗