CVE-2000-0031 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 6.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2000-0031 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2000-0031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 22 Mar 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0031 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0031/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0031/index.md)
Local attackers can escalate privileges in Red Hat Linux via a symlink attack in the initscripts package.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0031?
CVE-2000-0031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 22 Mar 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The initscripts package in Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0031?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0031?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0031 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2000-0031 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0031 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mph3-r982-6p7j.