CVE-2000-1220

Summary

CVECVE-2000-1220
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-01-08 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems allows local users to gain root privileges by causing sendmail to execute with arbitrary command line arguments, as demonstrated using the -C option to specify a configuration file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.2 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 All i386 All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.10 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.11 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.12 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.13 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.14f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.14m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.15f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.15m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.16f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.16m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.17f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.17m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.18f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.18m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.4 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.5 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.6 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.7 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.8 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#39001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021104-01-P af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Multiple Vendor lpd Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bugtraq: L0pht Advisory: LPD, RH 4.x,5.x,6.x af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- lpr af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.atstake.com
The page cannot be found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.l0pht.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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