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TCP sequence number approximation

Article ID: 12213
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.

TCP sequence number approximation

This script is (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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Plugin ID12213
Bugtraq ID10183
CVE IDCVE-2004-0230

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
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