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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-4609
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-4609

Description:
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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6340

MS
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-048.mspx

MLIST
  http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2008-October/005360.html

MISC
  http://www.outpost24.com/news/news-2008-10-02.html
  http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf
  http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au/articles/27154-TCP-is-fundamentally-borked
  http://insecure.org/stf/tcp-dos-attack-explained.html
  http://blog.robertlee.name/2008/10/conjecture-speculation.html

HP
  http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125856010926699&w=2

CONFIRM
  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html

CISCO
  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af511d.shtml
  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a15120.html

CERT
  http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html


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