CVE-2000-1184 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in FreeBSD telnetd by setting a large TERMCAP environment variable, consuming server resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-1184?
CVE-2000-1184 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 22 Jan 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-1184?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2000-1184?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-1184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-1184 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-1184 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xx57-frcf-rw2h.