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CVE-2000-1221

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
08/01/2000
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.14f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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