Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2000-1039
CVE-2000-1039
Description
Various TCP/IP stacks and network applications allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding a target host with TCP connection attempts and completing the TCP/IP handshake without maintaining the connection state on the attacker host, aka the "NAPTHA" class of vulnerabilities. NOTE: this candidate may change significantly as the security community discusses the technical nature of NAPTHA and learns more about the affected applications. This candidate is at a higher level of abstraction than is typical for CVE.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
5- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-21.htmlnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2022nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q4/0105.htmlnvd
- razor.bindview.com/publish/advisories/adv_NAPTHA.htmlnvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-091nvd
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