CVE-2008-3502 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published 6 Aug 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Authenticated users can cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion in the RT ticketing system.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-3502?

CVE-2008-3502 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Aug 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.0.0 through 3.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU or memory consumption) via unspecified vectors related to the Devel::StackTrace module for Perl.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3502?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bestpractical Rt.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3502?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3502 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-2008-3502 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3502 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rx7v-38cm-3gxv.