VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4609
CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability32.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-10-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource