CVE-2000-1213 Privilege escalation in n/a
The ping utility fails to drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, allowing local attackers to exploit bugs with elevated permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-1213?
CVE-2000-1213 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 31 Aug 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-1213?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Immunix Immunix, Iputils Iputils, Redhat Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2000-1213?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-1213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2000-1213 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-1213 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gvg8-m7rh-qfg2.