CVE-2000-1221
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 16.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-04-21 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-04-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 119ad13ce6830c26808ddeb525ff22274deabc6152d41fa8ff3186e9552f5522
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.org20000109 lpr -- access control problem and root exploithttp://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000109
- www.atstake.comA010800-vhttp://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt
- www.securityfocus.com927http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/927
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2000:002http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2000-002.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#30308http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/30308
- patches.sgi.com20021104-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021104-01-P
- www.l0pht.com20000108 Quadruple Inverted Backfliphttp://www.l0pht.com/advisories/lpd_advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comredhat-lpd-auth(3840)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3840
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lpr Fixed in 1:0.48-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lpr Fixed in 1:0.48-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lpr Fixed in 1:0.48-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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