Vulnerability in Caldera Openlinux Desktop
CVE-2000-0594
BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.099 (95.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.099 · newest: 0.099 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Caldera Openlinux Desktop — versions 2.3
- Caldera Openlinux Ebuilder — versions 2.3
- Caldera Openlinux Edesktop — versions 2.4
- Caldera Openlinux Eserver — versions 2.3
- FreeBSD — versions 3.5, 4.0
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 2007
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html (vendor-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html (mailing-list)