CVE - CVE-2005-3899

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-3899	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The automatic update feature in Google Talk allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by poisoning a target's DNS cache and causing a large update file to be sent, which consumes large amounts of CPU and memory during the signature verification, aka BenjiBug.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20051123 Google Talk Denial of Service - BenjiBug URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2 FULLDISC:20051122 Google Talk Denial of Service - BenjiBug URL:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html XF:googletalk-automatic-update-dos(23180) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20051129	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 (20051129)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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