What is the severity of CVE-2000-0433?

CVE-2000-0433 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for local privilege escalation.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0433?

To fix CVE-2000-0433, administrators should change the home directory of the affected system accounts from /tmp to a secure location.

Which systems are affected by CVE-2000-0433?

CVE-2000-0433 affects various versions of SUSE Linux, specifically versions 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4.

What causes the vulnerability in CVE-2000-0433?

The vulnerability in CVE-2000-0433 arises from the default configuration of certain system accounts having their home directories set to /tmp.

Can CVE-2000-0433 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2000-0433 cannot be exploited remotely as it requires local access to the affected system.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2000-0433

medium

4.6

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

2/5/2000

15/6/2000

20/11/2024

CVE-2000-0433

First published: Tue May 02 2000(Updated: )

The SuSE aaa_base package installs some system accounts with home directories set to /tmp, which allows local users to gain privileges to those accounts by creating standard user startup scripts such as profiles.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
SUSE Linux	=6.1
SUSE Linux	=6.1-alpha
SUSE Linux	=6.2
SUSE Linux	=6.3
SUSE Linux	=6.3
SUSE Linux	=6.3-alpha
SUSE Linux	=6.4

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Reference Links

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_47.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2000-0433?
CVE-2000-0433 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for local privilege escalation.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0433?
To fix CVE-2000-0433, administrators should change the home directory of the affected system accounts from /tmp to a secure location.
Which systems are affected by CVE-2000-0433?
CVE-2000-0433 affects various versions of SUSE Linux, specifically versions 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4.
What causes the vulnerability in CVE-2000-0433?
The vulnerability in CVE-2000-0433 arises from the default configuration of certain system accounts having their home directories set to /tmp.
Can CVE-2000-0433 be exploited remotely?
CVE-2000-0433 cannot be exploited remotely as it requires local access to the affected system.

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