CVE-2008-1996

N/A Unknown

Published: April 28, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30055

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30236

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html