CVE-2000-1220 Information

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.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021104-01-P http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2000/Jan/0116.html http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000109 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/39001 http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/lpd_advisory http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-002.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/927 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3841