The TCP stack (tcp_input.c) in OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system panic) via crafted values in the TCP timestamp option, which causes invalid arguments to be used when calculating the retransmit timeout.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0741 The TCP stack (tcp_input.c) in OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system panic) via crafted values in the TCP timestamp option, which causes invalid arguments to be used when calculating the retransmit timeout.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:21:06.751Z

Reserved: 2005-03-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0740

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-01-13T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-0740

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