CVE-2000-0887 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in BIND DNS servers by exploiting a flaw in compressed zone transfer requests.
- 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-2000-0887?
CVE-2000-0887 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 22 Jan 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
named in BIND 8.2 through 8.2.2-P6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by making a compressed zone transfer (ZXFR) request and performing a name service query on an authoritative record that is not cached, aka the "zxfr bug."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0887?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Isc Bind.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0887?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0887 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-2000-0887 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0887 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fjf9-x8mw-r853.