CVE-2008-4609

CVE-2008-4609 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft Windows, (4) Cisco products, and probably other operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection queue exhaustion) via multiple vectors that manipulate information in the TCP state table, as demonstrated by sockstress.

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