CVE-2001-1002

published 2001-08-31

CVE-2001-1002: The default configuration of the DVI print filter (dvips) in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and earlier does not run dvips in secure mode when dvips is executed by lpd…

Priority P3 38 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

The default configuration of the DVI print filter (dvips) in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and earlier does not run dvips in secure mode when dvips is executed by lpd, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges by printing a DVI file that contains malicious commands.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
redhat	linux	—	—
redhat	linux	—	—
redhat	linux	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_redhat 7.5 HIGH

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