CVE-2000-1220
N/A
Published: April 21, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:53 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinuxIrix
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 14%
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.
Affected
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021104-01-PMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2000/Jan/0116.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000109Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/39001Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_L0PHT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/lpd_advisoryVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-002.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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