CVE-2000-1221

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

2000-01-08 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

SGI IRIX 6.5

6.5

SGI IRIX 6.5.1

6.5.1

SGI IRIX 6.5.2

6.5.2

SGI IRIX 6.5.3

6.5.3

SGI IRIX 6.5.4

6.5.4

SGI IRIX 6.5.5

6.5.5

SGI IRIX 6.5.6

6.5.6

SGI IRIX 6.5.7

6.5.7

SGI IRIX 6.5.8

6.5.8

SGI IRIX 6.5.9

6.5.9

SGI IRIX 6.5.10

6.5.10

SGI IRIX 6.5.11

6.5.11

SGI IRIX 6.5.12

6.5.12

SGI IRIX 6.5.13

6.5.13

SGI IRIX 6.5.14f

6.5.14f

SGI IRIX 6.5.14m

6.5.14m

SGI IRIX 6.5.15f

6.5.15f

SGI IRIX 6.5.15m

6.5.15m

SGI IRIX 6.5.16f

6.5.16f

SGI IRIX 6.5.16m

6.5.16m

SGI IRIX 6.5.17f

6.5.17f

SGI IRIX 6.5.17m

6.5.17m

SGI IRIX 6.5.18f

6.5.18f

SGI IRIX 6.5.18m

6.5.18m

Debian Debian Linux 2.1

2.1

Red Hat Linux 4.1

4.1

Red Hat Linux 4.2

4.2

Red Hat Linux 5.0

5.0

Red Hat Linux 6.0

6.0

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