CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-1213

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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

Risk Assessment

The lack of privilege dropping may lead to the exploitation of bugs in the ping program, posing a security risk to the operating system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of iputils that improves privilege management after acquiring a raw socket.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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 ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS