CVE

Id
2774  
CVE No.
CVE-2000-1207  
Status
Candidate  
Description
userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).  
Phase
Proposed (20020830)  
Votes
ACCEPT(6) Armstrong, Baker, Cole, Cox, Green, Wall | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(1) Foat  
Comments
Frech> XF:usermode-userhelper-bypass-security(11089)