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CVE-2000-1213

ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw soc…

Impact

ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ImmunixImmunix
Version 6.2
IputilsIputils
through 2000-10-10
RedhatLinux
Versions 6.2, 7.0

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