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CVE-2005-3899

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
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2005-3899
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.4
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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