Vulnerability in Cygnus Network Security
CVE-2000-0389
Buffer overflow in krb_rd_req function in Kerberos 4 and 5 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.165 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.165 · newest: 0.165 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cygnus Network Security — versions 4.0
- Cygnus Kerbnet — versions 5.0
- Mit Kerberos — versions 4.0
- Mit Kerberos 5 — versions 1.0, 1.1.1
- Red Hat Linux — versions 6.2
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-05/0295.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-025.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-06.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0184.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1220 (vdb-entry)