CVE-2000-0480
Dragon telnet server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long username.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Dragon telnet server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long username.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.59% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 June 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- shadow op software/dragon server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96113734714517&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1352Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96113734714517&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1352Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.