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
Link | Resource |
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http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf | |
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/ | |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055 | |
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf | |
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/ | |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055 |
Configurations
History
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf - | |
References | () http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014 - Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/ - | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055 - |
Information
Published : 2005-11-18 23:03
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:02
NVD link : CVE-2005-3675
Mitre link : CVE-2005-3675
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-3675
JSON object : View
Products Affected
tcp
- tcp
CWE