CVE-2005-1649

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The IPv6 support in Windows XP SP2, 2003 Server SP1, and Longhorn, with Windows Firewall turned off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the SYN flag set and the same destination and source address and port, a variant of CVE-2005-0688 and a reoccurrence of the "Land" vulnerability (CVE-1999-0016).

The IPv6 support in Windows XP SP2, 2003 Server SP1, and Longhorn, with Windows Firewall turned off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the SYN flag set and the same destination and source address and port, a variant of CVE-2005-0688 and a reoccurrence of the "Land" vulnerability (CVE-1999-0016).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 19 years ago

2005-05-18 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-20 02:59:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

Microsoft windows xp_sp1 embedded

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Home Edition

Microsoft windows xp_sp1 media_center

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Home Edition

Microsoft windows xp_sp2 media_center

Microsoft windows xp_sp2 tablet_pc

References

20050516 Windows (XP, 2k3, Longhorn) is vulnerable to IpV6 Land attack.

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

13658

Exploit

ADV-2005-0559

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