Total vulnerabilities in the database
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| iputils / iputils | - | 2000-10-10.x |
| immunix / immunix | 6.2 | 6.2.x |
| redhat / linux | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / linux | 6.2 | 6.2.x |