CVE-2004-0230
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Description
TCP, when using a large Window Size, makes it easier for remote attackers to guess sequence numbers and cause a denial of service (connection loss) to persistent TCP connections by repeatedly injecting a TCP RST packet, especially in protocols that use long-lived connections, such as BGP.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-006.txt.asc
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.3/SCOSA-2005.3.txt
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.9/SCOSA-2005.9.txt
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.14/SCOSA-2005.14.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040403-01-A.asc
References (29)
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