DoS through TCP sequence number vulnerability
SecurityFocus is reporting that multiple vendors are affected by a newly found design flaw in common TCP implementations. The flaw allows remote attackers to effectively end a TCP session by sending an RST or SYN packet with an approximated TCP sequence number and a forged source IP address. This would reset the TCP connection and effectively cause a denial of service attack. Microsoft is one of a long list of vendors on the affected list so you can bet the eggheads at SlashNot are going to highlight their name among them all.
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somehow that exploit seems like old news … years old … or is this a new flavor?