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Debian: CVE-2008-4609: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2008-4609: linux -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/15/2025
Created
05/16/2025
Added
05/15/2025
Modified
05/27/2025

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • no-fix-debian-deb-package

References

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