CVE-2008-4609
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4609
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-4609.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-4609
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:09:13.558238Z
- Published
- 2008-10-20T17:59:26Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-24T06:42:50.480941453Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft Windows, (4) Cisco products, and probably other operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection queue exhaustion) via multiple vectors that manipulate information in the TCP state table, as demonstrated by sockstress.
- References
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125856010926699&w=2
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af511d.shtml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-048
- http://blog.robertlee.name/2008/10/conjecture-speculation.html
- http://insecure.org/stf/tcp-dos-attack-explained.html
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2008-October/005360.html
- http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au/articles/27154-TCP-is-fundamentally-borked
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a15120.html
- http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf
- http://www.outpost24.com/news/news-2008-10-02.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6340
- https://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/tcp-vulnerabilities.html