Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting freebsd package, versions [2.0,2.1.5]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2382887
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Oct 1996
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Oct 1996

CVE-1999-0032  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

CVSS Scores

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