CVE-2000-0986 — Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allow local users to gain privileges via a long ORACLE_HOME environmental variable

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Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allow local users to gain privileges via a long ORACLE_HOME environmental variable

Published Nov 29, 2000

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.31%

Description

Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allow local users to gain privileges via a long ORACLE_HOME environmental variable.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.31% 0.02305

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02305

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	2.31% (0.02305)	82.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.31% (0.02305)	81.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.29% (0.00287)	50.10th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00069)	32.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00069)	30.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00069)	28.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0294.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5390
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0294.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5390		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 29, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 24, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0986

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Sep 23, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0986

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0986