CVE-2000-1184

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 9, 2001
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2000-1184: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix