CVE-2000-1221

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2000-01-08
Bugzilla:
1616554: CVE-2000-1221 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems authenticates by comparing the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname of the print server as returned by gethostname, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access controls by modifying the DNS for the attacking IP.

Find out more about CVE-2000-1221 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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