CVE-2000-0095 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can exploit HP-UX PMTU discovery to amplify traffic, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0095?
CVE-2000-0095 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hp Hp-Ux, published on 18 Apr 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PMTU discovery procedure used by HP-UX 10.30 and 11.00 for determining the optimum MTU generates large amounts of traffic in response to small packets, allowing remote attackers to cause the system to be used as a packet amplifier.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0095?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Hp-Ux.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0095?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0095 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-0095 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0095 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hp Hp-Ux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x4q4-xrjj-86w6.