Microsoft · Windows 2000 · CVE-2005-1184
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Multiple operating systems (affected versions not specified)
**Description**
The issue affects the TCP/IP stack, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming CPU resources. This is achieved by sending a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, resulting in the generation of a large number of "keep alive" packets.
**Recommendations**
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.