CVE-2000-1189: Red Hat Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in pam_localuser PAM module in Red Hat Linux 7.x and 6.x allows attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.2 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2001-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.