CVE-2000-0508

Red Hat Linux 6.1-6.2 - Denial of Service via Malformed RPC Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0508. PoCs published by Mike Murray.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the NFS lock daemon (rpc.lockd) by sending random input to the daemon's port, causing it to crash and fail to release the socket. The vulnerability affects Linux distributions running NFS.

Description

rpc.lockd in Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Mike Murray · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20025

This exploit demonstrates a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the NFS lock daemon (rpc.lockd) by sending random input to the daemon's port, causing it to crash and fail to release the socket. The vulnerability affects Linux distributions running NFS.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Linux NFS lock daemon (rpc.lockd)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target system · NFS lock daemon (rpc.lockd) running on the target
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0073.html
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1372
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5050

Scores

EPSS 0.0859
EPSS Percentile 94.4%

Details

Status published
Products (8)
debian/debian_linux 2.1
debian/debian_linux 2.2
mandrakesoft/mandrake_linux 6.0
mandrakesoft/mandrake_linux 6.1
mandrakesoft/mandrake_linux 7.0
redhat/linux 6.0
redhat/linux 6.1
redhat/linux 6.2
Published Dec 19, 1994
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026