Vulnerability Details CVE-2005-3675
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.024
EPSS Ranking 84.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.8
References
- http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055
- http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055