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CVE-2005-0356

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-05-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple TCP implementations with Protection Against Wrapped Sequence Numbers (PAWS) with the timestamps option enabled allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection loss) via a spoofed packet with a large timer value, which causes the host to discard later packets because they appear to be too old.

Affected Platforms

Yamaha Rtx2000Cisco Ciscoworks LmsNortel Ethernet Routing Switch 1648Cisco Unity ServerNortel Optical Metro 5100Cisco Sn 5428 Storage RouterCisco Mgx 8250Alaxala Alaxala NetworksCisco Ciscoworks WindowsCisco Ip Contact Center Enterprise

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References