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CVE-2000-1213

Published: Aug 31, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 22.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
immuniximmunix
Mixed
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
iputilsiputils
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
immunixcommercialSecurity Products
iputilsoss-projectOSS Libraries
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-087.html
redhat.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97249980727834&w=2
marc.info
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html
archives.neohapsis.com

Timeline

Published
Aug 31, 2002
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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