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CVE-2005-3899 Details

Description

The automatic update feature in Google Talk allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by poisoning a target's DNS cache and causing a large update file to be sent, which consumes large amounts of CPU and memory during the signature verification, aka BenjiBug.

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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180 CVE
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
google talk
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3899
NVD Published Date:
Nov 29, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]