CVE-2008-6519

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in Xitami Web Server 2.2a through 2.5c2, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a Long Running Web Process (LRWP) request, which triggers incorrect logging code involving the sendfmt function in the SMT kernel.

Affected products

Imatix Xitami: 2.2a, 2.4, 2.4d7, 2.5, 2.5c2

References

http://www.bratax.be/advisories/b013.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28603
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41644
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5354
http://www.bratax.be/advisories/b013.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28603
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41644
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5354

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