Description
Buffer overflow in University of Minnesota (UMN) gopherd 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a DES key generation request (GDESkey) that contains a long ticket value.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- UMN Gopherd 2.x - Halidate Function Buffer Overflow EDB-20157 · remote · Aug 20, 2000 · verified
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References
- 20000810 Remote vulnerability in Gopherd 2.x mailing-list
- 1569 vdb-entry