CVE-2000-0984 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can crash and reload the Cisco IOS HTTP server by sending a URL containing a specific string.
- 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-2000-0984?
CVE-2000-0984 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 22 Jan 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HTTP server in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash and reload) via a URL containing a "?/" string.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0984?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0984?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0984 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-2000-0984 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0984 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-fgvg-x8xj-8xq8.