CVE-2000-0391 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the krshd daemon within Kerberos 5, affecting products from Cygnus, MIT, and Red Hat. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve root privileges due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated with a CVSS score of 10.0 and a high FAUCET Risk Score, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cygnus:cygnus_network_security:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cygnus:kerbnet:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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