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.
Published: 2005-11-18
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 5.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3672 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:23.421Z

Reserved: 2005-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3675

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-11-18T23:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3675

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