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CVE-2005-3675
Published: Nov 18, 2005
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
VU#102014
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
tcp-congestion-control-dos(23055)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
15468
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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