Bug 445236 (CVE-2008-1996)

Summary:	CVE-2008-1996 licq: DoS via large number of connections
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jmoskovc
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1996
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Fixed In Version:	1.3.5-2.fc9	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2008-07-26 05:56:10 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	445237, 445238, 445239
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-05-05 16:42:06 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-1996 to the following vulnerability:

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.

Refences:
http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490711
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-05-12 13:19:09 UTC

licq-1.3.4-9.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-05-12 13:24:24 UTC

licq-1.3.5-2.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-05-12 13:49:58 UTC

licq-1.3.4-8.fc7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 7

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-05-13 15:28:42 UTC

licq-1.3.5-2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-05-14 22:09:39 UTC

licq-1.3.4-9.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2008-05-14 22:09:55 UTC

licq-1.3.4-8.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Red Hat Product Security 2008-06-19 10:56:17 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F7/FEDORA-2008-3909
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-3969
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-3812