CVE-2005-0356

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple TCP implementations with Protection Against Wrapped Sequence Numbers (PAWS) with the timestamps option enabled allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection loss) via a spoofed packet with a large timer value, which causes the host to discard later packets because they appear to be too old.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 79.93% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory sco.com Vendor Advisory freebsd.org Vendor Advisory cisco.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20635	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/15393	third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/637934	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/15417/	third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/18662	third party advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.64/SCOSA-2005.64.txt	vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:15.tcp.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13676	vdb entry exploit
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20050518-tcpts.shtml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18222	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-032.htm

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0356?: CVE-2005-0356 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0356?: To fix CVE-2005-0356, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0356 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0356 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~80% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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