CVE-2005-3675 | BDVDB-2026-13374 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12005-11-18Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.