CVE-2000-0887

Public Exploit

Description

named in BIND 8.2 through 8.2.2-P6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by making a compressed zone transfer (ZXFR) request and performing a name service query on an authoritative record that is not cached, aka the "zxfr bug."

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 17.30% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-107.html	vendor advisory
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:067	vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0217.html	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/143843	mailing list
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000338	vendor advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-20.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000339	patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5540	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1923	exploit vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/suse/2000-q4/0657.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001112	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2000-0887?: CVE-2000-0887 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2000-0887?: To fix CVE-2000-0887, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2000-0887 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2000-0887 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~17% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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