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CVE-2004-0791

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-04-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple TCP/IP and ICMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network throughput reduction for TCP connections) via a blind throughput-reduction attack using spoofed Source Quench packets, aka the "ICMP Source Quench attack." NOTE: CVE-2004-0790, CVE-2004-0791, and CVE-2004-1060 have been SPLIT based on different attacks; CVE-2005-0065, CVE-2005-0066, CVE-2005-0067, and CVE-2005-0068 are related identifiers that are SPLIT based on the underlying vulnerability. While CVE normally SPLITs based on vulnerability, the attack-based identifiers exist due to the variety and number of affected implementations and solutions that address the attacks instead of the underlying vulnerabilities.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 9.0, 10.0
• Sunos: 5.7, 5.8

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112861397904255&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18317
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/19
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/57
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101658-1
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57746-1
• http://www.gont.com.ar/drafts/icmp-attacks-against-tcp.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-016.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-043.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418882/100/0/threaded

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