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Medium
CVE-2008-1996
licq before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html
- http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
- http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.61, 0.71, 0.75, 0.75.1, 0.75.2, 0.75.3, 0.75.3a, 0.75_991219, 0.76, 0.80, 0.81, 0.84a, 0.84b, 0.85, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.3.0, 1.3.0_pre, 1.3.2, 1.3.2_rc, 1.3.4, 1.3.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 28th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.