Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 22, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0229

Description

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.

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

Alessandro Rubini/Gpm3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:alessandro_rubini:gpm:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:alessandro_rubini:gpm:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:alessandro_rubini:gpm:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Debian/linux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:pre_potato:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Linux3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*
SUSE S.A./Linux5 versions
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*