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Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30883","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6124","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/837785","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/955179.mspx","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30114","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020433","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-189A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2012/references","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43613","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6120","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30883","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6124","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/837785","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/955179.mspx","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30114","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020433","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-189A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2012/references","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43613","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6120","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2463","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}