VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-3899
CVSS score5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-11-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
The automatic update feature in Google Talk allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by poisoning a target's DNS cache and causing a large update file to be sent, which consumes large amounts of CPU and memory during the signature verification, aka BenjiBug.