CVE-2000-0204 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Trend Micro OfficeScan clients by exhausting CPU resources via multiple connections.
- 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-2000-0204?
CVE-2000-0204 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Mar 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Trend Micro OfficeScan client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by making 5 connections to port 12345, which raises CPU utilization to 100%.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0204?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trend Micro Officescan.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0204?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0204 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-2000-0204 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0204 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x769-wmh4-gxvx.