Vulnerability in Sgi Irix
CVE-2000-1221
The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems authenticates by comparing the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname of the print server as returned by gethostname, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access controls by modifying the DNS for the attacking IP.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.167 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.167 · newest: 0.167 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sgi Irix — versions 6.5, 6.5.1, 6.5.2
- Debian Linux — versions 2.1
- Red Hat Linux — versions 4.1, 4.2, 5.0
References
- www.debian.org/security/2000/20000109 (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/927 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2000-002.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/30308 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.l0pht.com/advisories/lpd_advisory (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3840 (vdb-entry)