Security Advisory
CVE-2000-1207
7.2
Vulnerability Description
userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).
Published Date
September 30, 2000
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory