CVE-2000-0314: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

traceroute in NetBSD 1.3.3 and Linux systems allows local users to flood other systems by providing traceroute with a large waittime (-w) option, which is not parsed properly and sets the time delay for sending packets to zero.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 2.0.34 only
• Digital Unix: version 4.0 only
• Netbsd Netbsd: up to and including 1.3.3
• Red Hat Linux: version 2.0.34 only
• Slackware Slackware Linux: version 2.0.34 only

Published 2001-03-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.