Microsoft Windows 2000 TCP/IP Stack denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component TCP/IP Stack. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-1184. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component TCP/IP Stack. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1184 since 04/19/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1901 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (25439) and SecurityFocus (BID 13215†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/17/2000 🔍
04/18/2005 +1886 days 🔍
04/19/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +13 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3600 days 🔍
01/22/2025 +3605 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1184 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1184
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24907
X-Force: 40502
SecurityFocus: 13215 - Multiple Vendor TCP Session Acknowledgement Number Denial Of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 01/22/2025 14:43
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (46), 09/17/2018 08:07 (12), 07/05/2021 07:33 (3), 01/22/2025 14:43 (17)
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