CVE-2004-0791

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0791
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-04-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple TCP/IP and ICMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network throughput reduction for TCP connections) via a blind throughput-reduction attack using spoofed Source Quench packets, aka the "ICMP Source Quench attack." NOTE: CVE-2004-0790, CVE-2004-0791, and CVE-2004-1060 have been SPLIT based on different attacks; CVE-2005-0065, CVE-2005-0066, CVE-2005-0067, and CVE-2005-0068 are related identifiers that are SPLIT based on the underlying vulnerability. While CVE normally SPLITs based on vulnerability, the attack-based identifiers exist due to the variety and number of affected implementations and solutions that address the attacks instead of the underlying vulnerabilities.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Solaris 10.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - SCO OpenServer ICMP Message Handling Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
#101658: Sun TCP Connections May Experience Performance Degradation If Certain ICMP Error Messages Are Received (formerly Document ID: 57746) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-gont-tcpm-icmp-attacks-03.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.watersprings.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gont's web site - Drafts- ICMP attacks against TCP af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gont.com.ar
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'[security bulletin] SSRT4743, SSRT4884 rev.1 - HP Tru64 UNIX TCP/IP remote Denial of Service (DoS)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.4/SCOSA-2006.4.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
Multiple Vendor TCP/IP Implementation ICMP Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason - HP Tru64 UNIX TCP/IP remote Denial of Service (DoS) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityReason af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050412-00308.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.uniras.gov.uk Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
#57746: Sun TCP Connections May Experience Performance Degradation If Certain ICMP Error Messages Are Received af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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