CVE-2008-1996

LICQ 1.3.5 - File Descriptor Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

licq antes de 1.3.6 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (agotamiento de descriptores de ficheros y caída de la aplicación) mediante gran número de conexiones.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-04-08 First Exploit
2008-04-28 CVE Reserved
2008-04-28 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-04-28 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/30055	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30236	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851	Third Party Advisory
http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31627	2008-04-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html	2017-08-08
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159	2017-08-08
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html	2017-08-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.61 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.61"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.71 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.71"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.75 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.75"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.75.1 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.75.1"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.75.2 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.75.2"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.75.3 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.75.3"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.75.3a Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.75.3a"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.75_991219 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.75_991219"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.76 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.76"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.80 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.80"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.81 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.81"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.84a Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.84a"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.84b Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.84b"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				0.85 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "0.85"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.0 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.0"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.0.1 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.0.1"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.0.2 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.0.2"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.0.3 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.0.3"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.0.4 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.0.4"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.2 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.2"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.2.3 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.2.3"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.2.4 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.2.4"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.2.6 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.2.6"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.2.7 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.2.7"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.3.0 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.3.0"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.3.0_pre Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.3.0_pre"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.3.2 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.3.2"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.3.2_rc Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.3.2_rc"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.3.4 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.3.4"		-		Affected
Licq Search vendor "Licq"		Licq Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq"				1.3.5 Search vendor "Licq" for product "Licq" and version "1.3.5"		-		Affected