CVE-2000-0138 Denial of service in n/a
Systems infected with DDoS malware like Trinoo or TFN can be used to launch distributed denial of service attacks against other targets.
- 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-2000-0138?
CVE-2000-0138 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A system has a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack master, agent, or zombie installed, such as (1) Trinoo, (2) Tribe Flood Network (TFN), (3) Tribe Flood Network 2000 (TFN2K), (4) stacheldraht, (5) mstream, or (6) shaft.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0138?
How do I fix CVE-2000-0138?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0138 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-2000-0138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6w6r-f2f7-xh5j.