01 Record
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-28 18:21Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 009134242a97a3e808ea4c17ad1433d8990b8761d7c6af55e2c722c0b27f00b0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:010http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlicq-connections-dos(41732)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732
- www.securityfocus.com20080410 Re: Re: licq remote DoS?http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
- securityreason.com3851http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
- www.securityfocus.com20080408 licq remote DoS?http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1446http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references
- www.securityfocus.com28679http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
- secunia.com30055http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-3812https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html
- www.licq.orghttp://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
- www.licq.orghttp://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080425 CVE request: licq denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
- secunia.com30236http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
- seclists.org20080410 Re: licq remote DoS?http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:159http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159