# CVE-2000-0232: Denial of service in n/a

> An attacker can cause a denial of service in Microsoft TCP/IP Printing Services by sending a malformed TCP/IP print request.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jun 2000
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-58qq-6frr-hh6q

## What is CVE-2000-0232?

CVE-2000-0232 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 2 Jun 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Microsoft TCP/IP Printing Services, aka Print Services for Unix, allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed TCP/IP print request.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0232?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Microsoft Terminal Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Nt.

## How do I fix CVE-2000-0232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2000-0232 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0232 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 - TCP/IP Printing Service Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

- [CVE-2006-4465](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4465/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-2593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2593/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-1999-0909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0909/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-1999-0391](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0391/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2000-0259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0259/): The default permissions for the Cryptography\Offload registry key used by the OffloadModExpo in Windows NT 4.0 allows local users to obtain (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2000-0232 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2000-0232 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 2 Jun 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0232 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows 2000. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0232/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0232
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0232
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2000-0232

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.