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CVE-2001-0670

Published: Mar 9, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
6.6%
Top 7.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Buffer overflow in BSD line printer daemon (in.lpd or lpd) in various BSD-based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an incomplete print job followed by a request to display the printer queue.

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

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
bsdbsd
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
freebsdfreebsd
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
netbsdnetbsd
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
openbsdopenbsd
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
bsdoss-projectOperating Systems
freebsdoss-projectUSOperating Systems
netbsdoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka netbsd
openbsdoss-projectCAOperating Systemsaka openbsd
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-147.html
rhn.redhat.com
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-018.txt.asc
ftp.netbsd.org
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.20/CSSA-2001-SCO.20.txt
stage.caldera.com
and 7 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Mar 9, 2002
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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