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Sid
3-16294

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in the TCP implementation of various operating system network stacks.

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Impact:
Denial of Service.   

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Detailed Information:
The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft Windows, (4) Cisco products, and probably other operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection queue exhaustion) via multiple vectors that manipulate information in the TCP state table, as demonstrated by sockstress.

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2008-4609:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-4609
  
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