CVE-2005-3675
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth consumption) by sending ACK messages for packets that have not yet been received (optimistic ACKs), which can cause the sender to increase its transmission rate until it fills available bandwidth.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.8
weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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references (8)
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- http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055enisa_euvd
- http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdfnvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/nvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055nvd
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