CVE-2000-1221

The CVE describes a vulnerability in the line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package across multiple Linux operating systems. The root cause is an authentication check that compares the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname returned by gethostname; remote attackers can b...

CVE-2000-1221

The line printer daemon lpd in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems authenticates by comparing the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname of the print server as returned by gethostname, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access controls by...

CVE-2000-1221

The line printer daemon lpd in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems authenticates by comparing the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname of the print server as returned by gethostname, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access controls by...