CVE-2001-0670

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 16.16% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory caldera.com Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory openbsd.com Vendor Advisory iss.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-30.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-147.html	vendor advisory
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise94.php	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.20/CSSA-2001-SCO.20.txt	patch vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-018.txt.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3252	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/274043	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.openbsd.com/errata28.html	patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7046	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-0670?: CVE-2001-0670 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-0670?: To fix CVE-2001-0670, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-0670 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2001-0670 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~16% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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