Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0887

Title: BIND zxfr bug allows DoS via compressed zone transfer and uncached query

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0887

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 19, 2000

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

22.94%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0887: 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."

Impacted Vendors

isc 1

Reference Links

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 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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0887 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20388

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 19, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.