CVE-2005-1184

Medium

Description

The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedMay 2, 2005
First seenMay 2, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_2000No range specified—
microsoft windows_2003_serverdatacenter_64-bit, enterprise, enterprise_64-bit, r2, standard, standard_64-bit, web—
microsoft windows_98seNo range specified—
microsoft windows_nt4.0—
microsoft windows_xpNo range specified—

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CVE-2005-1184 · Microsoft Windows · Dark Radar