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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-1184

CVE-2000-1184

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.

Affected products

6
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=4.2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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