TCP/IP Stack Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2005-1184 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.

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