CVE-2000-0314 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause denial of service on other systems by exploiting improper parsing of the traceroute waittime option.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0314?
CVE-2000-0314 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 May 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
traceroute in NetBSD 1.3.3 and Linux systems allows local users to flood other systems by providing traceroute with a large waittime (-w) option, which is not parsed properly and sets the time delay for sending packets to zero.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0314?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Digital Unix, Netbsd Netbsd, Redhat Linux, Slackware Slackware Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0314?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0314 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-2000-0314 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0314 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c4h3-4hjj-m5cr.