CVE-2000-1013

The setlocale function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the LANG environmental variable.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:53.catopen.asc	Patch Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:53.catopen.asc	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:::::::*

History

23 Sep 2026, 14:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) La función setlocale en FreeBSD 5.0 y versiones anteriores, y posiblemente otros sistemas operativos, permite a usuarios locales leer archivos arbitrarios a través de la variable de entorno LANG.

Information

Published : 2000-12-11 05:00

Updated : 2026-09-23 14:10

NVD link : CVE-2000-1013

Mitre link : CVE-2000-1013

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2000-1013

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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