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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-18T23:00:00

Updated: 2017-07-10T14:57:01

Reserved: 2005-11-18T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2005-3675

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-18T23:03:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-11T01:33:16.563


Link: CVE-2005-3675

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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