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CVE-2008-1996

Published: Apr 28, 2008 | Modified: Apr 23, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1996
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LicqLicq0.61 (including)0.61 (including)
LicqLicq0.71 (including)0.71 (including)
LicqLicq0.75 (including)0.75 (including)
LicqLicq0.75.1 (including)0.75.1 (including)
LicqLicq0.75.2 (including)0.75.2 (including)
LicqLicq0.75.3 (including)0.75.3 (including)
LicqLicq0.75.3a (including)0.75.3a (including)
LicqLicq0.75_991219 (including)0.75_991219 (including)
LicqLicq0.76 (including)0.76 (including)
LicqLicq0.80 (including)0.80 (including)
LicqLicq0.81 (including)0.81 (including)
LicqLicq0.84a (including)0.84a (including)
LicqLicq0.84b (including)0.84b (including)
LicqLicq0.85 (including)0.85 (including)
LicqLicq1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
LicqLicq1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
LicqLicq1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
LicqLicq1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
LicqLicq1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
LicqLicq1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
LicqLicq1.2.3 (including)1.2.3 (including)
LicqLicq1.2.4 (including)1.2.4 (including)
LicqLicq1.2.6 (including)1.2.6 (including)
LicqLicq1.2.7 (including)1.2.7 (including)
LicqLicq1.3.0 (including)1.3.0 (including)
LicqLicq1.3.0_pre (including)1.3.0_pre (including)
LicqLicq1.3.2 (including)1.3.2 (including)
LicqLicq1.3.2_rc (including)1.3.2_rc (including)
LicqLicq1.3.4 (including)1.3.4 (including)
LicqLicq1.3.5 (including)1.3.5 (including)
LicqUbuntudapper*
LicqUbuntufeisty*
LicqUbuntugutsy*
LicqUbuntuhardy*
LicqUbuntuupstream*

References

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