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CVE-2008-4609 Detail

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.


Evaluator Description

Please see also: http://blog.robertlee.name/2008/10/more-detailed-response-to-gordons-post.html and http://www.curbrisk.com/security-blog/robert-e-lee-discusses-tcp-denial-service-vulnerability-sc-magazine.html

Severity



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Evaluator Impact

The impact of this vulnerability has yet to be determined. The full list of affected platforms is subject to change. The NVD will continue to monitor this vulnerability and adjust the configurations as needed.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/08/2009)

The attacks reported by Outpost24 AB target the design limitations of the TCP protocol. Due to upstreams decision not to release updates, Red Hat do not plan to release updates to resolve these issues however, the effects of these attacks can be reduced via the mitigation methods as written in http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-18730.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.robertlee.name/2008/10/conjecture-speculation.html Broken Link 
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2008-October/005360.html Broken Link 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125856010926699&w=2 Third Party Advisory 
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au/articles/27154-TCP-is-fundamentally-borked Broken Link 
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af511d.shtml Broken Link 
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a15120.html Broken Link 
http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 Broken Link 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.outpost24.com/news/news-2008-10-02.html Broken Link 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-048 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6340 Broken Link 
https://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/tcp-vulnerabilities.html Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-16 Configuration cwe source acceptance level NIST  
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4609
NVD Published Date:
10/20/2008
NVD Last Modified:
12/14/2022
Source:
MITRE