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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…
Medium5.4EPSS 0.82%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.4 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.82% · top 43% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- googletalk-automatic-update-dos(23180) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20051123 Google Talk Denial of Service - BenjiBug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20051122 Google Talk Denial of Service - BenjiBug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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