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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0798

CVE-2000-0798

Description

The truncate function in IRIX 6.x does not properly check for privileges when the file is in the xfs file system, which allows local users to delete the contents of arbitrary files.

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Affected products

4
  • Sgi/Irix4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 6.x

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