CVE-2008-1996

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Licq: 0.61, 0.71, 0.75, 0.75.1, 0.75.2, 0.75.3 (+24)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679

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