CVE-2000-1208

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Format string vulnerability in startprinting() function of printjob.c in BSD-based lpr lpd package may allow local users to gain privileges via an improper syslog call that uses format strings from the checkremote() call.

Format string vulnerability in startprinting() function of printjob.c in BSD-based lpr lpd package may allow local users to gain privileges via an improper syslog call that uses format strings from the checkremote() call.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 22 years ago

2002-08-12 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:09:00

Affected Software

NetBSD 1.4

1.4

NetBSD 1.4.1

1.4.1

NetBSD 1.4.2

1.4.2

OpenBSD 2.7

2.7

Red Hat Linux 7.0

7.0

References

20000925 Format strings: bug #1: BSD-lpr

20001004 Immunix OS Security Update for lpr

lpr-checkremote-format-string(5286)

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2000:066

Patch, Vendor Advisory

1711

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