CVE-2007-4136 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 14 Nov 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Red Hat Conga by exhausting connection resources, requiring a vendor patch.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2007-4136?

CVE-2007-4136 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ricci daemon in Red Hat Conga 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of new connections) by repeatedly sending data or attempting connections.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4136?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (8)

`conga` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:4	All versions	`0:0.11.0-3`
`conga-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:4	All versions	`0:0.11.0-3`
`luci` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:4	All versions	`0:0.11.0-3`
`ricci` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:4	All versions	`0:0.11.0-3`
`conga` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5	All versions	`0:0.10.0-6.el5`
`conga-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5	All versions	`0:0.10.0-6.el5`
`luci` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5	All versions	`0:0.10.0-6.el5`
`ricci` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5	All versions	`0:0.10.0-6.el5`

Products include Redhat Conga.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4136?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-4136 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4136 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6v59-3wh4-8h9q, RHSA-2007:0640, RHSA-2007:0983.