CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0065

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in the TCP design involves the lack of checking whether the TCP sequence number in an ICMP error message falls within the range of sequence numbers for sent but unacknowledged data. This allows attackers to forge ICMP messages for specific TCP connections, leading to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks via connection resets, throughput reduction, or Path MTU reduction.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces the risk of disruption of critical network services, reduced connection performance, and potential destabilization of IT infrastructure due to remote DoS attacks without authentication.

Recommendation

It is recommended to apply security patches provided by operating system vendors and implement ICMP traffic filtering on network firewalls to mitigate the risk of exploitation.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The original design of TCP does not check that the TCP sequence number in an ICMP error message is within the range of sequence numbers for data that has been sent but not acknowledged (aka "TCP sequence number checking"), which makes it easier for attackers to forge ICMP error messages for specific TCP connections and cause a denial of service, as demonstrated using (1) blind connection-reset attacks with forged "Destination Unreachable" messages, (2) blind throughput-reduction attacks with forged "Source Quench" messages, or (3) blind throughput-reduction attacks with forged ICMP messages that cause the Path MTU to be reduced. NOTE: CVE-2004-0790, CVE-2004-0791, and CVE-2004-1060 have been SPLIT based on different attacks; CVE-2005-0065, CVE-2005-0066, CVE-2005-0067, and CVE-2005-0068 are related identifiers that are SPLIT based on the underlying vulnerability. While CVE normally SPLITs based on vulnerability, the attack-based identifiers exist due to the variety and number of affe

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