CVE-2001-1002: Red Hat Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 9.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Red Hat Linux: version 6.2 only; version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only

Published 2001-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.