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CVE-2000-0843

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in pam_smb and pam_ntdom pluggable authentication modules (PAM) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a login with a long user name.

Affected products

• Dave Airlie Pam Smb: 1.1.5
• Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Pam Ntdom: 0.23

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0073.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0114.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000911
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-047.php3
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv8_draht_pam_smb_txt.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1666
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0073.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0114.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000911
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-047.php3
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv8_draht_pam_smb_txt.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1666

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