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CVE-2000-0917

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 78.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

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

Affected products

• Caldera Openlinux: all versions
• Caldera Openlinux Ebuilder: 3.0
• Caldera Openlinux Edesktop: 2.4
• Caldera Openlinux Eserver: 2.3
• RedHat Linux: 7.0
• Trustix Secure Linux: 1.0, 1.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0293.html
• http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-033.0.txt
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-22.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-065.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1712
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5287
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0293.html
• http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-033.0.txt
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-22.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-065.html

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