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Netflix warns of several new TCP networking vulnerabilities

Nicholas Fearn

19 June 2019 • 2 min read

The vulnerabilities relate to the MSS and TCP SACK capabilities

Researchers at Netflix have discovered several new TCP networking vulnerabilities targeting the FreeBSD and Linux kernels. In a public advisory notice, the researchers said these vulnerabilities...

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