58614 : McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance TCP/IP Implementation Queue Connection Saturation TCP State Table Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2009-09-30	2009-09-30

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-4609" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, McAfee has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-4609 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 36966
Other Advisory URL: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB66963

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-10-20 | Disagree?

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