CVE-2008-7127 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Borland VisiBroker Smart Agent by sending a crafted UDP packet, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2008-7127?
CVE-2008-7127 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
osagent.exe in Borland VisiBroker Smart Agent 08.00.00.C1.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted packet with a large string length value to UDP port 14000, which triggers a memory allocation failure that is not properly handled.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7127?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microfocus Visibroker.
How do I fix CVE-2008-7127?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7127 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-2008-7127 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7127 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wjww-x723-mj8v.