CVE-2000-1221 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2000-1221

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 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.

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, debian linux, 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, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 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.