CVE-2008-4407 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service in sabre by pre-creating an unoverwritable log file in /tmp.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4407?
CVE-2008-4407 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
XRunSabre in sabre (aka xsabre) 0.2.4b relies on the ability to create /tmp/sabre.log, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (application unavailability) by creating a /tmp/sabre.log file that cannot be overwritten.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4407?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Debian Xsabre.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4407?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4407 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-2008-4407 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4407 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7rrm-hfg9-x3rc.