CVE-2000-0742

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The IPX protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows 95 and 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a ping packet with a source IP address that is a broadcast address, aka the "Malformed IPX Ping Packet" vulnerability.

The IPX protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows 95 and 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a ping packet with a source IP address that is a broadcast address, aka the "Malformed IPX Ping Packet" vulnerability.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 24 years ago

2000-10-20 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 95

Microsoft windows 98_gold

References

1544

Patch, Vendor Advisory

20000602 ipx storm

Vendor Advisory

MS00-054

win-ipx-ping-packet(5079)

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