CVE-2005-0068

N/A
Published: January 19, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTCP

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 54%

Description

The original design of ICMP does not require authentication for host-generated ICMP error messages, which makes it easier for attackers to forge ICMP error messages for specific TCP connections and cause a denial of service, as demonstrated using (1) blind connection-reset attacks with forged "Destination Unreachable" messages, (2) blind throughput-reduction attacks with forged "Source Quench" messages, or (3) blind throughput-reduction attacks with forged ICMP messages that cause the Path MTU to be reduced. NOTE: CVE-2004-0790, CVE-2004-0791, and CVE-2004-1060 have been SPLIT based on different attacks; CVE-2005-0065, CVE-2005-0066, CVE-2005-0067, and CVE-2005-0068 are related identifiers that are SPLIT based on the underlying vulnerability. While CVE normally SPLITs based on vulnerability, the attack-based identifiers exist due to the variety and number of affected implementations and solutions that address the attacks instead of the underlying vulnerabilities.

Affected

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Remediation

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CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

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CWE
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