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CVE-2000-1213

Published: Oct 18, 2000 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1213
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases pings exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ImmunixImmunix6.2 (including)6.2 (including)
IputilsIputils*2000-10-10 (including)

References

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