CVE-2000-1213

Public Date:
2000-10-18
Bugzilla:
1616551: CVE-2000-1213 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2000-1213 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 7.0 RHSA-2000:087 2000-10-18
Red Hat Linux 6.2 RHSA-2000:087 2000-10-18
Red Hat Linux 7.0j RHSA-2000:087 2000-10-18

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