CVE-2000-0531

CVE-2000-0531 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux gpm program, affecting various distributions including Caldera OpenLinux and Red Hat Linux. A local attacker can exploit this by flooding the /dev/gpmctl device with STREAM sockets, leading to system instability or unresponsiveness. This is a low-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1, requiring local access and having a low attack complexity, resulting in only a partial impact on availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-20026), but there is no evidence of Metasploit or Nuclei modules, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.