01 Record
CVE-2005-3899
The automatic update feature in Google Talk allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by poisoning a target's DNS cache and causing a large update file to be
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The automatic update feature in Google Talk allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by poisoning a target's DNS cache and causing a large update file to be
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-11-29 21:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8d068498466b0e9d8a4e56bcc7a882d58e0b02d7355d9a93be797ce17d649619
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgoogletalk-automatic-update-dos(23180)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180
- marc.info20051123 Google Talk Denial of Service - BenjiBughttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2
- lists.grok.org.uk20051122 Google Talk Denial of Service - BenjiBughttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html