First published: Wed May 05 2004(Updated: )
TCP, when using a large Window Size, makes it easier for remote attackers to guess sequence numbers and cause a denial of service (connection loss) to persistent TCP connections by repeatedly injecting a TCP RST packet, especially in protocols that use long-lived connections, such as BGP.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) | =11 | |
Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) | =10 | |
Openpetra | =2.6.2 | |
McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention | =9.2.0 | |
McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention | <=8.6 | |
McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention | =9.2.1 | |
McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention | =9.2.2 | |
NetBSD current | =1.5.3 | |
NetBSD current | =1.6 | |
NetBSD current | =1.5 | |
NetBSD current | =1.6.1 | |
NetBSD current | =1.6.2 | |
NetBSD current | =1.5.1 | |
NetBSD current | =1.5.2 | |
NetBSD current | =2.0 | |
Xinuos OpenServer | =5.0.7 | |
Xinuos OpenServer | =5.0.6 | |
Junos OS Evolved | ||
UnixWare ReliantHA | =7.1.3 | |
UnixWare ReliantHA | =7.1.1 | |
Junos OS Evolved | <11.4 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r1 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r10 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r2 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r3 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r4 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r5 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r6 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r7 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r8 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4-r9 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4r13-s2 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =11.4x27 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1r | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x44 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x44-d10 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x44-d15 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x44-d20 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x44-d25 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x44-d30 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x44-d35 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x45 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x45-d10 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x45-d15 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x45-d20 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x46 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x46-d10 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x46-d15 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.1x47 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.2 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.2-r1 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.2-r2 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.2-r3 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.2-r4 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.2-r5 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.2-r6 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.2-r7 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.3 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.3-r1 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.3-r2 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.3-r3 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.3-r4 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =12.3-r5 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.1 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.1-r1 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.1-r2 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.1-r3 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.2 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.2-r1 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.2-r2 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.2-r3 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.3 | |
Junos OS Evolved | =13.3-r1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp3 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows 9x | ||
Microsoft Windows 98 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | ||
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows Server | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | ||
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 |
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CVE-2004-0230 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service on persistent TCP connections.
To mitigate CVE-2004-0230, apply security patches provided by your software vendor or consider limiting the TCP window size.
CVE-2004-0230 affects several versions including Oracle Solaris 10 and 11, OpenPGP 2.6.2, and specific releases of McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention.
CVE-2004-0230 allows attackers to easily guess TCP sequence numbers and inject TCP RST packets, leading to connection loss.
While CVE-2004-0230 can cause denial of service, it is typically exploited in targeted attacks rather than large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.