First published: Fri Jun 30 2000(Updated: )
Windows 2000 Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a continuous stream of binary zeros to various TCP and UDP ports, which significantly increases the CPU utilization.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =2000.2072 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =2000.0.2195 |
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CVE-2000-0580 is considered a denial of service vulnerability.
Mitigation for CVE-2000-0580 involves implementing firewall rules to block excessive traffic to TCP and UDP ports.
CVE-2000-0580 affects all versions of Windows 2000, including 2000.0.2195 and 2000.2072.
CVE-2000-0580 involves a denial of service attack by sending continuous streams of binary zeros.
Yes, CVE-2000-0580 can be exploited remotely by attackers targeting the affected systems.