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CVE-2000-1012 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:53.catopen.asc CVEPatchVendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:53.catopen.asc [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
freebsd freebsd
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2000-1012
NVD Published Date:
Dec 11, 2000
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]