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CVE-2005-3899
Published: Nov 29, 2005
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
googletalk-automatic-update-dos(23180)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
20051123 Google Talk Denial of Service - BenjiBug
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
20051122 Google Talk Denial of Service - BenjiBug
mailing-list
x_refsource_FULLDISC
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