CVE-2008-1984 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash or exhaust CPU resources in CA Secure Content Manager by sending malformed packets to the eTrust Common Services Daemon.
- 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-2008-1984?
CVE-2008-1984 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The eTrust Common Services (Transport) Daemon (eCSqdmn) in CA Secure Content Manager 8.0.28000.511 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or CPU consumption) via a malformed packet to TCP port 1882.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1984?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Broadcom Secure Content Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1984?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1984 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-2008-1984 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1984 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-65rx-r9qv-9gpq.