licq up to 1.3.5 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in licq. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-1996. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in licq. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 04/08/2008. The weakness was presented 04/28/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1996 since 04/28/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 20 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32333 (Fedora 9 : licq-1.3.5-2.fc9 (2008-3812)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.75.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41732), Exploit-DB (31627), Tenable (32333), SecurityFocus (BID 28679†) and OSVDB (44757†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 32333
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : licq-1.3.5-2.fc9 (2008-3812)
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OpenVAS ID: 860759
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: licq 0.75.2

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 6146
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1996 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1996
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42173
X-Force: 41732
SecurityFocus: 28679 - LICQ File Descriptor Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 30055
OSVDB: 44757 - CVE-2008-1996 - LICQ - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18393 - LICQ < 1.3.6 Remote DoS via a Large Number of Connections, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1446

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 12/25/2025 08:58
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (75), 08/10/2019 11:01 (8), 07/31/2021 20:53 (3), 12/25/2025 08:58 (17)
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