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CVE-2001-0869

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0869 describes a format string vulnerability in the Cyrus SASL library's default logging function, _sasl_syslog, affecting products like Caldera, Red Hat, and SUSE. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to arbitrary command execution and compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caldera:openlinux_workstation:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:linux_powertools:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux_eserver:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0300 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Powertools 6.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2001-0869

security flaw

Nov 2, 2001

References

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:15.cyrus-sasl.asc
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
frontal2.mandriva.com / security/advisories
lwn.net / alerts/SuSE/SuSE-SA%3A2001%3A042.php3
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7443
caldera.com / support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-040.0.txt
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2001-150.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2001-151.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3498