CVE-2005-3899

Published: Nov 29, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.4

Vector

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

Exploitability: 4.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Google: Talk

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Talk	All versions

References (6)

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html

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

Vendor Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180

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

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