CVE-2005-0688

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 47.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Windows Server 2003 and XP SP2, 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, aka a reoccurrence of the "Land" vulnerability (CVE-1999-0016).

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111005099504081&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22341
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3983
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-019
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-064
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1288
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1685
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A482
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4978
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111005099504081&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22341

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