CVE-2005-3675

The Transmission Control Protocol TCP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service bandwidth consumption by sending ACK messages for packets that have not yet been received optimistic ACKs, which can cause the sender to increase its transmission rate until it fills available bandwidth...

CVE-2005-3675

The CVE-2005-3675 entry describes a TCP vulnerability where an attacker can trigger optimistic ACKs for unseen packets, causing a remote TCP sender to increase its transmission rate and potentially exhaust bandwidth, leading to denial of service. Public details note an amplification effect and Do...