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CVE-2005-3675 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055	CVE
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055	[email protected]
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
tcp tcp	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:tcp:tcp:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 22, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]