CVE-2005-3675 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause bandwidth exhaustion and denial of service by sending optimistic ACK messages to TCP senders.
- 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-2005-3675?
CVE-2005-3675 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3675?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tcp Tcp.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3675?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3675 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-2005-3675 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3675 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33cf-9f58-g423.