CVE-2008-0548 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Steamcast streaming server by sending a large Content-Length header, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2008-0548?
CVE-2008-0548 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Steamcast 0.9.75 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large integer in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a NULL dereference when malloc fails.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0548?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Radio Toolbox Steamcast.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0548?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0548 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-2008-0548 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0548 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c33x-6cpq-83r7.