CVE-2004-0790 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can disrupt TCP connections by sending spoofed ICMP error messages, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0790?
CVE-2004-0790 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 13 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple TCP/IP and ICMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reset TCP connections) via spoofed ICMP error messages, aka the "blind connection-reset attack." NOTE: CVE-2004-0790, CVE-2004-0791, and CVE-2004-1060 have been SPLIT based on different attacks; CVE-2005-0065, CVE-2005-0066, CVE-2005-0067, and CVE-2005-0068 are related identifiers that are SPLIT based on the underlying vulnerability. While CVE normally SPLITs based on vulnerability, the attack-based identifiers exist due to the variety and number of affected implementations and solutions that address the attacks instead of the underlying vulnerabilities.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0790?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98se, Microsoft Windows Me, Microsoft Windows Xp and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0790?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0790 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-0790 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0790 exists.
Public exploit code: 3 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5c86-xw43-gw75.