CVE-2000-0093: Red Hat Linux

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An installation of Red Hat uses DES password encryption with crypt() for the initial password, instead of md5.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 6.1 only

Published 2000-01-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.