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Vulnerability record · CVE-2000-1174 · published 9 January 2001

CVE-2000-1174: Ethereal group ethereal vulnerability

Ethereal Group · Ethereal

Multiple buffer overflows in AFS ACL parser for Ethereal 0.8.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a packet with a long username.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.8% · top 7.1%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
5.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in AFS ACL parser for Ethereal 0.8.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a packet with a long username.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:81.ethereal.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0251.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000342
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001122a
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-116.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1972 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5557
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:81.ethereal.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0251.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000342
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001122a
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-116.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1972 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5557

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2000-1174), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.