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.
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- google:talk
References
- 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
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038969.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113278119300162&w=2