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CVE-2025-56233

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Description

Openindiana, kernel SunOS 5.11 has a denial of service vulnerability. For the processing of TCP packets with RST or SYN flag set, Openindiana has a wide acceptable range of sequence numbers. It does not require the sequence number to exactly match the next expected sequence value, just to be within the current receive window, which violates RFC5961. This flaw allows attackers to send multiple random TCP RST/SYN packets to hit the acceptable range of sequence numbers, thereby interrupting normal connections and causing a denial of service attack.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-09-29 17:15:31.710000
Last modified
2026-10-19 21:10:00.160000
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  "id": "CVE-2025-56233",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-09-29T17:15:31.710",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:10:00.160",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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      "value": "Openindiana, kernel SunOS 5.11 has a denial of service vulnerability. For the processing of TCP packets with RST or SYN flag set, Openindiana has a wide acceptable range of sequence numbers. It does not require the sequence number to exactly match the next expected sequence value, just to be within the current receive window, which violates RFC5961. This flaw allows attackers to send multiple random TCP RST/SYN packets to hit the acceptable range of sequence numbers, thereby interrupting normal connections and causing a denial of service attack."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Openindiana, kernel SunOS 5.11 tiene una vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio. Para el procesamiento de paquetes TCP con el flag RST o SYN establecido, Openindiana tiene un amplio rango aceptable de números de secuencia. No requiere que el número de secuencia coincida exactamente con el siguiente valor de secuencia esperado, solo que esté dentro de la ventana de recepción actual, lo cual viola RFC5961. Esta falla permite a los atacantes enviar múltiples paquetes TCP RST/SYN aleatorios para alcanzar el rango aceptable de números de secuencia, interrumpiendo así las conexiones normales y causando un ataque de denegación de servicio."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
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          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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      "url": "https://github.com/zq-star/TCP-Vuln-Report/blob/master/Openindiana%20minimal/tcp-rst-syn/openindiana-minimal-tcp-rst-syn.md",
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