Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 22, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2000-0617
CVE-2000-0617
Description
Buffer overflow in xconq and cconq game programs on Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain additional privileges via long USER environmental variable.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:stanley_t._shebs:xconq:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:stanley_t._shebs:xconq:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0222.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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