CVE-2000-1214

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in the (1) outpack or (2) buf variables of ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, may allow local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

Immunix: 6.2
iputils: through 2000-10-10
RedHat Linux: 6.2, 7.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97208562830613&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97249980727834&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/5431.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-087.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1813
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97208562830613&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97249980727834&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/5431.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-087.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1813

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