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HIGHCVSS 10.0

CVE-2000-1042

CVE-2000-1042 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-09-25
Sources
nvd

Summary

Buffer overflow in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function.

References

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