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CVE-2008-4077

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

The CGI scripts in (1) LedgerSMB (LSMB) before 1.2.15 and (2) SQL-Ledger 2.8.17 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an HTTP POST request with a large Content-Length.

Affected products

• ledgersmb/ledgersmb: before 1.2.15 — fixed in 1.2.15
• Sql-Ledger: through 2.8.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ledgersmb/ledgersmb 1.2.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31843
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4250
• http://www.ledgersmb.org/node/70
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496181/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31109
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45033
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31843
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4250
• http://www.ledgersmb.org/node/70
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496181/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31109
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45033

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