CVE

Id
12390  
CVE No.
CVE-2005-1184  
Status
Candidate  
Description
The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.  
Phase
Assigned (20050419)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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