CVE

Id
14879  
CVE No.
CVE-2005-3675  
Status
Candidate  
Description
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20051118)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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