Title: TCP/IP Sequence Prediction Blind Reset Spoofing DoS
Info
Disclosure
Apr 20, 2004
Discovery
Jul 30, 2003
Dates
Exploit
Unknown
Solution
Unknown
Description
The TCP stack implementation of numerous vendors contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when spoofed TCP Reset packets are received by the targeted TCP stack, and will result in loss of availability for the attacked TCP services.
Classification
Location:
Local Access Required,
Remote / Network Access
Attack Type:
Denial of Service,
Infrastructure
Impact:
Loss of Availability
Exploit:
Exploit Public
Disclosure:
OSVDB Verified
Solution
Install vendor upgrades or patches to resolve this issue. Routers using BGP are highly recommended to implement RFC-2385 (BGP TCP MD5 Signatures) as a work-around.