CVE - CVE-2005-3675

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-3675	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:15468 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/ CERT-VN:VU#102014 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014 MISC:http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf XF:tcp-congestion-control-dos(23055) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20051118	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20051118)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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