CVE-2000-0917

LPRng (RedHat 7.0) - 'lpd' Format String

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-11-24 CVE Reserved
2000-12-11 First Exploit
2000-12-19 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0293.html	Mailing List
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-22.html	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5287	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/227	2000-12-11
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/230	2000-12-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/226	2000-12-11
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16842	2010-07-03
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1712	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:56.lprng.asc	2017-10-10
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-033.0.txt	2017-10-10
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-065.html	2017-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openlinux Ebuilder Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Ebuilder"				3.0 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Ebuilder" and version "3.0"		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openlinux Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux"				*		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openlinux Edesktop Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Edesktop"				2.4 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Edesktop" and version "2.4"		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openlinux Eserver Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Eserver"				2.3 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Eserver" and version "2.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Trustix Search vendor "Trustix"		Secure Linux Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux"				1.0 Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux" and version "1.0"		-		Affected
Trustix Search vendor "Trustix"		Secure Linux Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux"				1.1 Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux" and version "1.1"		-		Affected