CVE-2000-0362

Summary

CVE-2000-0362 is a significant vulnerability affecting Linux cdwtools versions 093 and earlier. This issue involves buffer overflows that can be exploited by local users to elevate their privileges, ultimately gaining root access to the system. The flawed code fails to properly manage input in certain functions, resulting in data being written beyond the intended buffer boundary. This vulnerability poses a serious risk to Linux systems running outdated versions of cdwtools and requires immediate attention and patching to prevent potential unauthorized system takeover.

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