CVE-2008-4609
The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft Windows, (4) Cisco products, and probably other operating systems allows...
- Published
- Oct 20, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1- sockstressExploit
Sockstress (CVE-2008-4609) DDoS implementation written in Go
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