CVE-2008-1353 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Zabbix agent by sending multiple checksum commands targeting special device nodes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1353?
CVE-2008-1353 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Zabbix Zabbix, published on 17 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
zabbix_agentd in ZABBIX 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and connection consumption) via multiple vfs.file.cksum commands with a special device node such as /dev/urandom or /dev/zero.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1353?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zabbix Zabbix.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1353?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2008-1353 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1353 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Zabbix Zabbix
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1353, GHSA-2fgh-jwqp-hr3r.