CVE-1999-0796

Summary

CVE-1999-0796 is a vulnerability affecting the FreeBSD T/TCP Extensions for Transactions. This issue allows attackers to perform spoofing attacks on the extensions, potentially leading to unauthorized access or data manipulation. The T/TCP Extensions for Transactions are designed to enhance transaction reliability in TCP connections, but this weakness exposes them to a significant security risk. The vulnerability can be exploited by maliciously crafted packets that impersonate other nodes in the network, taking advantage of the extensions' trust model. Systems running affected versions of FreeBSD should be updated to mitigate this risk.

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