CVE-2005-3675 (GCVE-0-2005-3675)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-11-18 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 23:17
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth consumption) by sending ACK messages for packets that have not yet been received (optimistic ACKs), which can cause the sender to increase its transmission rate until it fills available bandwidth.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055
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