CVE-2005-3899 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Google Talk by poisoning DNS to trigger resource-intensive signature verification of large update files.
- 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-2005-3899?
CVE-2005-3899 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3899?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Talk.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3899?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3899 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-2005-3899 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3899 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as CVE-2006-0018, GHSA-hx4r-m26r-5j7p.