CVE-2005-3899 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-11-29

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3894	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01147.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23180

History

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Subscriptions

Google Talk

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-29T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:24:36.648Z

Reserved: 2005-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3899

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-29T21:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-3899

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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