CVE-2000-0594: Caldera Openlinux Desktop

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 9.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.

Affected products

• Caldera Openlinux Desktop: version 2.3 only
• Caldera Openlinux Ebuilder: version 2.3 only
• Caldera Openlinux Edesktop: version 2.4 only
• Caldera Openlinux Eserver: version 2.3 only
• Freebsd Freebsd: version 3.5 only; version 4.0 only
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: version 2007 only

Published 2000-07-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.