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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 Nov 29, 2005

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.

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 29, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 29, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3899
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2005-3899
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2005-3899