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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-1213

CVE-2000-1213

Description

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.

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  • cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:iputils:iputils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=2000-10-10
  • Red Hat/Linux4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Iputils/pingllm-create
    Range: <20001010

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