CVE-2000-0509

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in the finger and whois demonstration scripts in Sambar Server 4.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long hostname.

Affected products

Sambar Server: through 4.3

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95990103207665&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1287
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95990103207665&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1287

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