CVE-2000-1214 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the 'outpack' or 'buf' variables of the 'ping' utility within iputils, affecting versions prior to 20001010, particularly on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating that a local attacker could exploit it with low complexity to gain privileges, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2000-10-10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iputils:iputils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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