| Name | CVE-2008-4609 |
| Description | The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft Windows, (4) Cisco products, and probably other operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection queue exhaustion) via multiple vectors that manipulate information in the TCP state table, as demonstrated by sockstress. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 6.1.137-1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.140-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie, sid | 6.12.38-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.31-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | ||
| linux-2.6.24 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
this is a design flaw in TCP itself; maximum impact is a denial-of-service
there is no upstream solution
see http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-18730 for possible mitigation via iptables
also see usage of ipt_connlimit as a mitigation strategy