CVE-2008-2748 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 18 Jun 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Skulltag IRC servers by sending malformed connect packets that trigger excessive parsing.

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-2008-2748?

CVE-2008-2748 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a series of long, malformed connect packets, related to these packets being "parsed multiple times."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2748?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Skulltag Team Skulltag.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2748?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2748 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-2008-2748 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2748 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5x8w-vff3-wh78.