CVE-2005-2585 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Mentor ADSL-FR4II routers by exhausting TCP connection state tables via port scans.

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-2005-2585?

CVE-2005-2585 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mentor ADSL-FR4II router running firmware 2.00.0111 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (active TCP connections state table consumption) via a large number of connections, such as a port scan.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2585?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mentor Adslfr4ii.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2585?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2585 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-2005-2585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-846h-hghj-44rg.

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