PT-2005-4639 · Google · Google Talk

James Evans · Published 2005-11-29 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2005-3899

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Talk (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming large amounts of CPU and memory. This is achieved by poisoning a target's DNS cache, which causes a large update file to be sent. The file consumes significant system resources during the signature verification process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3899

Affected Products

Google Talk

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3899 · Security Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2 · Note