The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft Windows, (4) Cisco products, and probably other operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection queue exhaustion) via multiple vectors that manipulate information in the TCP state table, as demonstrated by sockstress.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:24:20.677Z

Reserved: 2008-10-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4609

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-20T17:59:26.163

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4609

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-09-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4609 - Bugzilla

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