CVE-2008-4609

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

32.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% 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

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2008-10-20 17:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-10-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-16

Data version

5.1

Document digest

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• blog.robertlee.namehttp://blog.robertlee.name/2008/10/conjecture-speculation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cert.fihttps://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/tcp-vulnerabilities.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• marc.infoHPSBMI02473http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125856010926699&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
• lists.immunitysec.com[dailydave] 20081002 TCP Resource Exhaustion DoS Attack Speculationhttp://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2008-October/005360.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• insecure.orghttp://insecure.org/stf/tcp-dos-attack-explained.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.outpost24.comhttp://www.outpost24.com/news/news-2008-10-02.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cpni.gov.ukhttp://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdfx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisco.com20090908 TCP State Manipulation Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Multiple Cisco Productshttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af511d.shtmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
• www.us-cert.govTA09-251Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisco.com20081017 Cisco Response to Outpost24 TCP State Table Manipulation Denial of Service Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a15120.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
• docs.microsoft.comMS09-048https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-048vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• searchsecurity.techtarget.com.auhttp://searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au/articles/27154-TCP-is-fundamentally-borkedx_refsource_MISC
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6340https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6340vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:150http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA