Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0186

Description

Buffer overflow in the dump utility in the Linux ext2fs backup package allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

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

FreeBSD/FreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Mandrakesoft/Mandrake Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Linux5 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
Turbolinux/Turbolinux Server3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dump/Dumpllm-fuzzy