CVE-2000-0549

N/A Unknown
Published: June 09, 2000 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Kerberos 4 KDC program does not properly check for null termination of AUTH_MSG_KDC_REQUEST requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0064.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/k-051.shtml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/krb4kdc.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-11.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-031.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0064.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/k-051.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/krb4kdc.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-11.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-031.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mit cygnus