PT-2005-1984 · Openbsd · Openbsd

Published 2005-04-03 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0960

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenBSD versions 3.5 through 3.6

Description The issue is related to multiple vulnerabilities in the SACK functionality in the tcp input.c and tcp usrreq.c files, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in either memory exhaustion or a system crash.

Recommendations For OpenBSD versions 3.5 and 3.6, consider upgrading to a newer version to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0960

Affected Products

Openbsd

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0960 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013611 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/12951 · Patch
• http://openbsd.org/errata.html#sack · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://openbsd.org/errata35.html#sack · Patch, Vendor Advisory