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CVE-2008-4609

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-16 Configuration Errors
Publication date:
20/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.10
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:bsd:bsd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsd:bsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsd:bsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsd:bsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsd:bsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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