Security Advisory

CVE-2001-1002

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2002-06-25 04:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-08 04:37:06
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

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.