CVE-2000-1214

Summary

CVECVE-2000-1214
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-10-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflows in the (1) outpack or (2) buf variables of ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, may allow local users to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Immunix Immunix 6.2 All All All
Application Iputils Iputils All All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.2 All alpha All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.2 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.2 All sparc All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - Trustix Security Advisory - ping gnupg ypbind - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Immunix OS Security Update for ping package' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
RedHat Linux ping Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'Re: [RHSA-2000:087-02] Potential security problems in ping fixed.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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