CVE-2007-5963 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in KDM login or consume resources via unspecified vectors in kdebase.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-5963?

CVE-2007-5963 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Kde Kde, published on 19 Dec 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in kdebase allows local users to cause a denial of service (KDM login inaccessible, or resource consumption) via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5963?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Kde Kde.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5963?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5963 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2007-5963 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5963 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-f6px-rq7f-xv6v.

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