Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0230

Title: TCP large Window Size sequence number guessing DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2004-0230

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Aug 18, 2004
Modified Date May 02, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
9.32%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0230: TCP, when using a large Window Size, makes it easier for remote attackers to guess sequence numbers and cause a denial of service (connection loss) to persistent TCP connections by repeatedly injecting a TCP RST packet, especially in protocols that use long-lived connections, such as BGP.

Impacted Vendors

M
mcafee 1
P
pgp 1
O
openpgp 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-006.txt.asc ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.3/SCOSA-2005.3.txt ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.9/SCOSA-2005.9.txt ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.14/SCOSA-2005.14.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040403-01-A.asc http://kb.juniper.net/JSA10638 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108302060014745&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108506952116653&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/11440 http://secunia.com/advisories/11458 http://secunia.com/advisories/22341 http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040420-tcp-ios.shtml http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/415294 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html http://www.osvdb.org/4030 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10183 http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/236929/index.htm http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-111A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3983 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-019 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-064 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15886 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10053 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2689 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A270 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3508 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4791 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5711 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-006.txt.asc ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.3/SCOSA-2005.3.txt ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.9/SCOSA-2005.9.txt ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.14/SCOSA-2005.14.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040403-01-A.asc http://kb.juniper.net/JSA10638 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108302060014745&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108506952116653&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/11440 http://secunia.com/advisories/11458 http://secunia.com/advisories/22341 http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040420-tcp-ios.shtml http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/415294 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html http://www.osvdb.org/4030 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10183 http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/236929/index.htm http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-111A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3983 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-019 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-064 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15886 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10053 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2689 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A270 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3508 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4791 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5711
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0230 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/291
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24030
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24031
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24032
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24033
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/942
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/276
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.