CVE-2000-1011 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier and possibly other OSes allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.

Reference

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:53.catopen.asc http://www.osvdb.org/6070 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5638