Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-4609 First vendor Publication 2008-10-20
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2022-12-14

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4609

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-16 Configuration

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18890
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18890
Title: CRITICAL PATCH UPDATE JULY 2012
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4609
Version: 3
Platform(s): Sun Solaris 10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6340
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6340
Title: TCP/IP Zero Window Size Vulnerability
Description: 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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4609
Version: 1
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 5
Os 12
Os 1458
Os 5
Os 69
Os 423
Os 1
Os 1
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 1
Os 33
Os 25
Os 3
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-09-10 Name : Microsoft DHTML Editing Component ActiveX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability...
File : nvt/secpod_ms09-046.nasl
2009-09-10 Name : Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (967723)
File : nvt/secpod_ms09-048.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
62144 F5 Multiple Products TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TCP St...

61133 Citrix Multiple Products TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TC...

59482 Blue Coat Multiple Products TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation...

58614 McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connectio...

58321 Check Point Multiple Products TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturati...

58189 Yamaha RT Series Routers TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TC...

57993 Solaris TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TCP State Table Rem...

57795 Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TCP State...

57794 Multiple BSD TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TCP State Tabl...

57793 Multiple Linux TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TCP State Ta...

50286 Cisco TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TCP State Table Remot...

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2009-09-10 IAVM : 2009-A-0077 - Multiple Microsoft TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0019917

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Microsoft Windows TCP stack zero window size exploit attempt
RuleID : 16294 - Revision : 15 - Type : OS-WINDOWS
2014-01-10 TCP window closed before receiving data
RuleID : 15912 - Revision : 10 - Type : OS-WINDOWS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-10-10 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL10509.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-09-01 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : cisco-sa-20090908-tcp24http.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-08 Name : Multiple vulnerabilities in the Windows TCP/IP implementation could lead to d...
File : smb_nt_ms09-048.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html
CISCO http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af511...
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a1512...
CONFIRM http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html
HP http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125856010926699&w=2
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
MISC http://blog.robertlee.name/2008/10/conjecture-speculation.html
http://insecure.org/stf/tcp-dos-attack-explained.html
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au/articles/27154-TCP-is-fundamentally-b...
http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf
http://www.outpost24.com/news/news-2008-10-02.html
https://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/tcp-vulnerabilities.html
MLIST http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2008-October/005360.html
MS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...

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