CVE-2008-1996 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application and exhaust file descriptors by establishing a large number of connections.
- 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-2008-1996?
CVE-2008-1996 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Apr 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
licq before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor exhaustion and application crash) via a large number of connections.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1996?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Licq Licq.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1996?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1996 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-2008-1996 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1996 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jjgc-j93h-xpjm.