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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000109 ↗
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2000/Jan/0116.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/927 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3841 ↗
- http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/lpd_advisory ↗
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/39001 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-002.html ↗
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/lpd_advisory.txt ↗