CVE-2008-1648 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Sympa mailing list daemon by sending an email with a malformed Content-Type header.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1648?
CVE-2008-1648 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sympa before 5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an e-mail message with a malformed value of the Content-Type header and unspecified other headers. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1648?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sympa Sympa.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1648?
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-2008-1648 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1648 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1648, DSA-1600-1, GHSA-2fgj-xr9x-3qq6.