VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-1996
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 11.2%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.18% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- licq/licq
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
- http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
- http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
- http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
- http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.