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.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
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Solaris | Oracle | 10 (including) | 10 (including) |
Solaris | Oracle | 11 (including) | 11 (including) |
Quagga | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
Quagga | Ubuntu | devel | * |
Quagga | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
Quagga | Ubuntu | feisty | * |