CVE-2005-3675
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 18, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 18, 2005
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- VU#102014third-party-advisory
- http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf
- tcp-congestion-control-dos(23055)vdb-entry
- 15468vdb-entry
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