CVE-2000-0440 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in NetBSD by sending packets with unaligned IP timestamp options.
- 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-2000-0440?
CVE-2000-0440 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 13 Oct 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a packet with an unaligned IP timestamp option.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0440?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0440?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0440 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-2000-0440 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0440 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3fw7-2f85-c369.