CVE-2009-1926

high

Description

Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TCP outage) via a series of TCP sessions that have pending data and a (1) small or (2) zero receive window size, and remain in the FIN-WAIT-1 or FIN-WAIT-2 state indefinitely, aka "TCP/IP Orphaned Connections Vulnerability."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5965

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-048

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36269

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506331/100/0/threaded

http://www.recurity-labs.com/content/pub/Microsoft_Windows_CVE-2009-1926

http://osvdb.org/57797

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-09-08

Updated: 2023-12-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High