CVE-2000-0486 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Cisco TACACS+ tac_plus server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed packet with a long length field.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:tacacs\+:f4.0.2alpha:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:tacacs\+:f4.0.3alpha:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0484	Buffer overflow in Cisco TACACS+ tac_plus server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed packet with a long length field.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01428.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0369.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0370.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1293
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4985

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cisco Ios Tacacs\+

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.294Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0486

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-05-30T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0486

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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