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TI-2005-03470 Aliases CVE-2005-3675GHSA-33cf-9f58-g423

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Priority LOW 39Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02317 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tcp:tcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableTcp
  • cpe:2.3:a:tcp:tcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Tcp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3675
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-33cf-9f58-g423

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2004-00957 Multiple TCP/IP and ICMP implementations, when using Path MTU (PMTU) discovery (PMTUD)… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2005-00054 The original design of ICMP does not require authentication for host-generated ICMP error… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2005-00051 The original design of TCP does not check that the TCP sequence number in an ICMP error… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2005-00053 The original design of TCP does not require that port numbers be assigned randomly (aka… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2005-00052 The original design of TCP does not check that the TCP Acknowledgement number in an ICMP… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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