CVE-2000-0887 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ISC BIND versions 8.2 through 8.2.2-P6. This flaw allows a remote attacker to crash the name server by initiating a compressed zone transfer (ZXFR) request and then querying an uncached authoritative record. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial denial of service. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit for this vulnerability (EDB-20388) exists in ExploitDB. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.2.2:p5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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