CVE-2000-0095 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The PMTU discovery procedure used by HP-UX 10.30 and 11.00 f)
The PMTU discovery procedure used by HP-UX 10.30 and 11.00 for determining the optimum MTU generates large amounts of traffic in response to small packets, allowing remote attackers to cause the system to be used as a packet amplifier.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0095 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-01-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The PMTU discovery procedure used by HP-UX 10.30 and 11.00 for determining the optimum MTU generates large amounts of traffic in response to small packets, allowing remote attackers to cause the system to be used as a packet amplifier. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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