CVE-2000-1208: Immunix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in startprinting() function of printjob.c in BSD-based lpr lpd package may allow local users to gain privileges via an improper syslog call that uses format strings from the checkremote() call.

Affected products

• Immunix Immunix: version 6.2 only
• Netbsd Netbsd: version 1.4 only; version 1.4.1 only; version 1.4.2 only
• OpenBSD OpenBSD: version 2.7 only
• Red Hat Linux: version 7.0 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.