TCP/IP Sequence Prediction Blind Reset Spoofing DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 12213

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Synopsis

It was possible to send spoofed RST packets to the remote system.

Description

The remote host is affected by a sequence number approximation vulnerability that allows 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

Contact the vendor for a patch or mitigation advice.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 12213

File Name: tcp_seq_window.nasl

Version: 1.45

Type: Remote

Family: Denial of Service

Published: 4/25/2004

Updated: 9/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 50.81

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2004-0230

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2004-0230

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0230

BID: 10183

CERT: 415294

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