Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 26, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0170

Description

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Red Hat/Linux8 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Turbolinux/Turbolinux Server3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:3.5b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:3.5b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Andries Brouwer/Manllm-fuzzy