CVE-2005-3675

Published: Nov 18, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

7.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Tcp: Tcp

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Tcp Tcp	All versions

References (8)

http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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