CVE-2008-1402 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in MG-SOFT Net Inspector via malformed UDP packets or requests to its SNMP Trap Service or Server.

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-2008-1402?

CVE-2008-1402 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

MG-SOFT Net Inspector 6.5.0.828 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a (1) denial of service (exception and crash) via a UDP packet to the SNMP Trap Service (MgWTrap3.exe) or (2) denial of service (device freeze or memory consumption) via a malformed request to the Net Inspector Server (niengine).

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1402?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mg-Soft Net Inspector.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1402?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1402 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-2008-1402 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1402 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-49cw-gq6m-37jq.

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