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CVE-2000-0546 (GCVE-0-2000-0546)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-07-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:21
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in Kerberos 4 KDC program allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the lastrealm variable in the set_tgtkey function.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-11.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/k-051.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1338 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/krb4kdc.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2000-06-09 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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