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author | Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org> | 2009-12-19 21:03:37 +0000 |
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committer | Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org> | 2009-12-19 21:03:37 +0000 |
commit | 7bfe7c70160be8e0a1e7d2de0c4d658a0fcd537e (patch) | |
tree | 22d58ead4ba8bb29c15184196f3ef9040f554722 /ignored/CVE-2008-4609 | |
parent | 33f69ec333724a9646d989dbba381ac59bbcfb8c (diff) |
move tcp design flaw to ignored issues
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel-sec@1661 e094ebfe-e918-0410-adfb-c712417f3574
Diffstat (limited to 'ignored/CVE-2008-4609')
-rw-r--r-- | ignored/CVE-2008-4609 | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ignored/CVE-2008-4609 b/ignored/CVE-2008-4609 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..711146ef --- /dev/null +++ b/ignored/CVE-2008-4609 @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Candidate: CVE-2008-4609 +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. +References: + http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4609 + http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/4 + http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/5 + http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-18730 + http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf +Ubuntu-Description: +Notes: + - apparently some fundamental flaws in tcp. microsoft patched this in versions >xp. + - lots of speculation but not much definitive. not sure whether its too big of a deal + - just denial-of-services? + - ignored by redhat +Bugs: +upstream: +linux-2.6: +2.6.18-etch-security: ignored +2.6.24-etch-security: ignored +2.6.26-lenny-security: ignored ("no upstream fix") |