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Vulnerability · CVE-2000-0248

Red Hat Linux Piranha Package Linux Virtual Server (LVS) Vulnerability

Published Feb 15, 2010 · catalog updated Feb 15, 2010 · Red Hat

Patch now

CVE-2000-0248 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Red Hat against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
73.66%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Red Hat linux

The web GUI for the Linux Virtual Server (LVS) software in the Red Hat Linux Piranha package has a backdoor password that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Red Hat linuxversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2000-0248

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2000-0248 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Red Hat against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 73.66%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 15, 2010 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The web GUI for the Linux Virtual Server (LVS) software in the Red Hat Linux Piranha package has a backdoor password that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

  2. Feb 15, 2010 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2000-0248

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2000-0248

    30-day exploitation probability 73.7%

    first.org
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited reference//packetstormsecurity.com/files/86303/RedHat-Piranha-Virtual-Server-Package-passwd.php3-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2000-0248

    The web GUI for the Linux Virtual Server (LVS) software in the Red Hat Linux Piranha package has a backdoor password that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.