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TCP/IP Sequence Prediction Blind Reset Spoofing DoS

This script is (C) 2004-2010 Tenable Network Security, Inc.

FamilyDenial of Service
Nessus Plugin ID12213 (tcp_seq_window.nasl)
Bugtraq ID10183
CVE IDCVE-2004-0230

Description:
Synopsis :

It may be possible to send spoofed RST packets to the remote
system.

Description :

The remote host might be vulnerable to a sequence number
approximation bug, which may allow an attacker to send
spoofed RST packets to the remote host and close established
connections. This may cause problems for some dedicated
services (BGP, a VPN over TCP, etc...).

Solution :

See http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10183/solution/

Risk factor :

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.0
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
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