CVE-2005-0688
mediumpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.474 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
Windows Server 2003 and XP SP2, with Windows Firewall turned off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the SYN flag set and the same destination and source address and port, aka a reoccurrence of the "Land" vulnerability (CVE-1999-0016).
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-861Microsoft Windows XP/2003 - Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-942Microsoft Windows - Malformed IP Options Denial of Service (MS05-019)functional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (20)
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111005099504081&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22341enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3983enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-019enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-064enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1288enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1685enisa_euvd
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