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The PLP Line Printer Control program, shipped with S.u.S.E. 5.2 is vulnerable to a local remote buffer overflow. You can determine whether you're vulnerable or not by typing 'lpc'. If you're presented with an lpc version number, you're vulnerable. The consequences of lpc exploitation are root access for a local user.

The PLP Line Printer Control program, shipped with S.u.S.E. 5.2 is vulnerable to a local remote buffer overflow. You can determine whether you're vulnerable or not by typing 'lpc'. If you're presented with an lpc version number, you're vulnerable. The consequences of lpc exploitation are root access for a local user.