CVE-2000-1174

HIGH 7.5CVE-2000-1174 · Published 09/01/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2000-1174 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting ethereal (ethereal group).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.8%, higher than 93.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ethereal ethereal_group	`≤ 0.8.13`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in AFS ACL parser for Ethereal 0.8.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a packet with a long username.

References

ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:81.ethereal.asc
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0251.html
distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes
debian.org/security/2000/20001122a
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-116.html
securityfocus.com/bid/1972 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5557

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

ethereal

ethereal_group

≤ 0.8.13

No fix yet

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