CVE-2005-1184 Information

Description

The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number which generates a large number of \keep alive\ packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.

Reference

http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0358.html http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0383.html http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0385.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13215 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40502