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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2000-0389 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in krb_rd_req function in Kerberos 4 and 5 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

published 2000-05-16 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0388

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.5%
EPSS 16.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in krb_rd_req function in Kerberos 4 and 5 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2000-0389 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19926)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19926 Cygnus Network Security 4.0/KerbNet 5.0 / MIT Kerberos 4/5 / RedHat 6.2 - Compatibility 'krb_rd_req()' Remote Buffer Overflow (3) remote, 2000-04-08
  • EDB-19925 Cygnus Network Security 4.0/KerbNet 5.0 / MIT Kerberos 4/5 / RedHat 6.2 - Compatibility 'krb_rd_req()' Local Buffer Overflow (2) local, 2000-05-26
  • EDB-19924 Cygnus Network Security 4.0/KerbNet 5.0 / MIT Kerberos 4/5 / RedHat 6.2 - Compatibility 'krb_rd_req()' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) remote, 2000-05-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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