CVE-2000-0392

Summary

CVE-2000-0392 denotes a buffer overflow vulnerability found in the Kerberos 5 implementation of the ksu (Kerberos Superuser) utility. This issue allows local users to exploit the flaw and elevate their privileges to root, thereby compromising the system's security. The buffer overflow occurs due to insufficient bounds checking during the processing of ksu commands. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to complete system takeover. This issue was first discovered in the year 2000 and posed a serious threat to systems running affected versions of Kerberos 5.

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