Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-3899 - Unspecified vulnerability in Google Talk
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
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 sent, which consumes large amounts of CPU and memory during the signature verification, aka BenjiBug.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180