CVE-2005-0740
The TCP stack (tcp_input.c) in OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system panic) via crafted values in the TCP timestamp option, which causes invalid arguments to be used when calculating the retransmit timeout.
Published:Jan 13, 2005
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Mar 13, 2005
EPSS Score:0.00915
CVSS Score:5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Openbsd
Product
Openbsd
Openbsd
Openbsd
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
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References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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High
User Interaction
None
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Scope
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Changed
Confidentiality
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Integrity
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High
Availability
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High
