CVE-2008-0536 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco SCE and Icon Labs Iconfidant SSH servers via malicious SSH traffic during management operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0536?
CVE-2008-0536 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the SSH server in (1) Cisco Service Control Engine (SCE) 3.0.x before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.0, and (2) Icon Labs Iconfidant SSH before 2.3.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (management interface outage) via SSH traffic that occurs during management operations and triggers "illegal I/O operations," aka Bug ID CSCsh49563.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0536?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Service Control Engine, Icon-Labs Iconfidant Ssh.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0536?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0536 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-2008-0536 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0536 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w62j-hhjm-mfjv.