CVE-2000-1184
FreeBSD <= 4.2 - Denial of Service via TERMCAP Environmental Variable
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5959
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/6083
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:69.telnetd.v1.1.asc
Scores
EPSS
0.0074
EPSS Percentile
73.1%
Details
Status
published
Products (5)
freebsd/freebsd
3.0
freebsd/freebsd
3.5.1 stable
freebsd/freebsd
4.0
freebsd/freebsd
4.1
freebsd/freebsd
4.1.1
Published
Jan 09, 2001
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026