CVE-2000-0887

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 22.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

named in BIND 8.2 through 8.2.2-P6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by making a compressed zone transfer (ZXFR) request and performing a name service query on an authoritative record that is not cached, aka the "zxfr bug."

Affected products

ISC BIND: 8.2.2-p5

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0217.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/suse/2000-q4/0657.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000338
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000339
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:067
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-20.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001112
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-107.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/143843
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1923
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5540
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0217.html

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