PT-2001-1219 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2001-01-09 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-1184

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FreeBSD versions 4.2 and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental variable, which consumes resources as the server processes the file.

Recommendations: For versions 4.2 and earlier, consider restricting access to the telnetd service until a fix is available, and avoid using the TERMCAP environmental variable with arbitrary large files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-1184

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 4

• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:69.telnetd.v1.1.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1184 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5959 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/6083 · Note