CVE-2000-0673 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The NetBIOS Name Server (NBNS) protocol does not perform authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a spoofed Name Conflict or Name Release datagram, aka the "NetBIOS Name Server Protocol Spoofing" vulnerability.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 20.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:terminal_server:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20252.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/044.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1514
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1515
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-047
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5035

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows Nt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:40.718Z

Reserved: 2000-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0673

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-07-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0673

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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