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 SPARC | =11 | |
Oracle Solaris SPARC | =10 | |
openpgp openpgp | =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 NetBSD | =1.5.3 | |
NetBSD NetBSD | =1.6 | |
NetBSD NetBSD | =1.5 | |
NetBSD NetBSD | =1.6.1 | |
NetBSD NetBSD | =1.6.2 | |
NetBSD NetBSD | =1.5.1 | |
NetBSD NetBSD | =1.5.2 | |
NetBSD NetBSD | =2.0 | |
Xinuos OpenServer | =5.0.7 | |
Xinuos OpenServer | =5.0.6 | |
Juniper JUNOS | ||
UnixWare ReliantHA | =7.1.3 | |
UnixWare ReliantHA | =7.1.1 |
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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.