CVE-2008-1996

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1996
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-28 20:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionlicq 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Licq Licq 0.61 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.71 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.75 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.75.1 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.75.2 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.75.3 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.75.3a All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.75_991219 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.76 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.80 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.81 All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.84a All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.84b All All All
Application Licq Licq 0.85 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.0 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.0.1 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.0.2 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.0.3 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.0.4 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.2 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.2.3 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.2.4 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.2.6 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.2.7 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.3.0 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.3.0_pre All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.3.2 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.3.2_rc All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.3.4 All All All
Application Licq Licq 1.3.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LICQ File Descriptor Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for licq - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bugtraq: Re: licq remote DoS? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
#1623 (No limit to accepted incoming connections allows for DoS) - Licq - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.licq.org
oss-security - CVE request: licq denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Changeset 6146 - Licq - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.licq.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:159 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: licq-1.3.5-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Licq Multiple Connections Handling Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecurityReason - licq remote DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:010 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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