CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-1208

7.2 HIGH Published 2002-08-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-08-12
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Format string vulnerability in startprinting() function of printjob.c in BSD-based lpr lpd package may allow local users to gain privileges via an improper syslog call that uses format strings from the checkremote() call.

Affected configurations

• immunix immunix 6.2 • netbsd netbsd 1.4 • netbsd netbsd 1.4.1 • netbsd netbsd 1.4.2 • openbsd openbsd 2.7 • redhat linux 7.0

References