SGI IRIX up to 6.5.18m lpd privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component lpd. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-1221. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SGI IRIX (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component lpd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 modifying the DNS for the attacking IP.

The weakness was disclosed 01/08/2000 with L0pht as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-1221 since 04/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3840), Exploit-DB (19722) and SecurityFocus (BID 927†). The entry VDB-15236 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• SGI

Name

• IRIX

Version

• 6.5
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.5.8
• 6.5.9
• 6.5.10
• 6.5.11
• 6.5.12
• 6.5.13
• 6.5.14f
• 6.5.14m
• 6.5.15f
• 6.5.15m
• 6.5.16f
• 6.5.16m
• 6.5.17f
• 6.5.17m
• 6.5.18f
• 6.5.18m

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: http://www.sgi.com/

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