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CVE-2008-4609 Details

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.

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://blog.robertlee.name/2008/10/conjecture-speculation.html CVEBroken Link
http://insecure.org/stf/tcp-dos-attack-explained.html CVEBroken Link
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2008-October/005360.html CVEBroken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125856010926699&w=2 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-048 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-16Configuration[email protected]
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4609
NVD Published Date:
Oct 20, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]