CVE-2000-0743

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in University of Minnesota (UMN) gopherd 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a DES key generation request (GDESkey) that contains a long ticket value.

Affected products

University Of Minnesota Gopherd: 2.3, 2.3.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0112.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1569
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0112.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1569

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