CVE-2000-1220 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2000-1220

The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in...

Vulnerability Description

The 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

irix, linux
Vulnerable Versions:
6.5, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.5.11, 6.5.12, 6.5.13, 6.5.14f, 6.5.14m, 6.5.15f, 6.5.15m, 6.5.16f, 6.5.16m, 6.5.17f, 6.5.17m, 6.5.18f, 6.5.18m, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1

Timeline

Official Publish: April 21st, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.