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CVE-2000-0486

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-05-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Cisco TACACS+ tac_plus server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed packet with a long length field.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS: all versions
• Cisco Tacacs+: f4.0.2alpha, f4.0.3alpha

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0369.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0370.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1293
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4985
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0369.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0370.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1293
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4985

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