CVE-2006-3920 (GCVE-0-2006-3920)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-07-28 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 before 20060726 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a TCP packet with an incorrect sequence number, which triggers an ACK storm.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/22425 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016589 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21226 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2997 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Date Public
2006-07-26 00:00
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