PT-2008-2556 · Ipswitch · Ipswitch Instant Messaging

Luigi Auriemma · Published 2008-02-25 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2008-0944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) versions 2.0.8.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL dereference and application crash. This can be achieved by sending a version field containing zero.

Recommendations For Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) versions 2.0.8.1 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.0.8.1 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0944

Affected Products

Ipswitch Instant Messaging

References · 7

• 🔥 http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/27677 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31122 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0944 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28824 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3697 · Note