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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-19T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:44:05.267Z

Reserved: 2005-04-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-1184

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2019-04-30T14:27:13.913

Link: CVE-2005-1184

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