CVE-2000-0962 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in OpenBSD by sending empty AH/ESP packets to the IPSEC implementation.
- 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-2000-0962?
CVE-2000-0962 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openbsd Openbsd, published on 22 Jan 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IPSEC implementation in OpenBSD 2.7 does not properly handle empty AH/ESP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0962?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openbsd Openbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0962?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0962 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-2000-0962 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0962 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-j67p-p4jf-hwvp.