CVE-2005-3899
N/A
Published: November 29, 2005 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTalk
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
The automatic update feature in Google Talk allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by poisoning a target's DNS cache and causing a large update file to be sent, which consumes large amounts of CPU and memory during the signature verification, aka BenjiBug.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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