CVE-2000-0508

Medium

Published: 19/12/1994(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk

8.59%

94th percentile - higher than 94% of all known CVEs

rpc.lockd in Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request.

Attackers can remotely disrupt service availability, leading to system downtime and loss of access.

It is recommended to update the system to a newer version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Original NVD description (English source)

rpc.lockd in Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request.