Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3675
CVE-2005-3675
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdfnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055nvd
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