CVE-2000-0305 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Windows systems by sending excessive fragmented IP packets, affecting system availability.
- 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-2000-0305?
CVE-2000-0305 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 12 Jul 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and Terminal Server systems allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a large number of identical fragmented IP packets, aka jolt2 or the "IP Fragment Reassembly" vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0305?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Be Beos, Microsoft Terminal Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Nt.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0305?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0305 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-2000-0305 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0305 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7864-p3j4-75vc.