CVE-2005-3899

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.4/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 29, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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