CVE-2005-0740

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0740
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-13 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe TCP stack (tcp_input.c) in OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system panic) via crafted values in the TCP timestamp option, which causes invalid arguments to be used when calculating the retransmit timeout.

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 Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.5 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.6 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.7 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.8 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.9 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.5 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - OpenBSD TCP Retransmission Timeout Calculation Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenBSD TCP Timestamp Boundary Error Lets Remote Users Panic the System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD TCP Timestamp Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD 3.5 errata af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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