ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Apr 30, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 30, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Oct 18, 2000
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 30, 2022
Last updated
Jan 30, 2023
ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.
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