--- title: "CVE-2008-4609\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4609?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-4609 Publication date 20 October 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Negligible** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft Windows, (4) Cisco products, and probably other operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection queue exhaustion) via multiple vectors that manipulate information in the TCP state table, as demonstrated by sockstress. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4609?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | linux-source-2.6.15 | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored | | linux-source-2.6.22 | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees) negligible priority because there is no actual information yet. ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4609) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4609) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4609) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4609) ### Other references *