CVEvulnerability
CVE-2000-0980
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2000-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
NMPI (Name Management Protocol on IPX) listener in Microsoft NWLink does not properly filter packets from a broadcast address, which allows remote attackers to cause a broadcast storm and flood the network.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 95
• microsoft windows 98
• microsoft windows 98se
• microsoft windows me
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1781 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-073 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5357 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1781 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-073 docs.microsoft.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5357 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com