CVE-2000-0369

Summary

CVE-2000-0369 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the IDENT server in Caldera Linux 2.3. By flooding the server with IDENT requests, remote attackers can cause it to create multiple threads, exhausting system resources and resulting in a crash or unavailability of the service. This can lead to a denial of service condition, disrupting network communications and potentially impacting business operations. It is recommended that users of Caldera Linux 2.3 update their IDENT server or implement rate-limiting mechanisms to mitigate the risk of this vulnerability.

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