CVE-2006-3920

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Published Jul 28, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 before 20060726 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a TCP packet with an incorrect sequence number, which triggers an ACK storm.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-3914	The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 before 20060726 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a TCP packet with an incorrect sequence number, which triggers an ACK storm.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.8% (2.764% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21226
http://secunia.com/advisories/22425
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016589
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102206-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-204.htm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2997
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28048
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1374

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 28, 2006, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 6:48 PM
Reserved: Jul 28, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:28 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 28, 2006, 10:04 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:28 PM

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