PT-2008-4390 · Linuxdcpp · Linuxdcpp

Published 2008-07-01 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2954

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions linuxdcpp versions prior to 1.0.0 is not specified, however, the version before 0.707 is affected, so: linuxdcpp versions prior to 0.707

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by sending an empty private message. This triggers an out-of-bounds read in the client/NmdcHub.cpp file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.707, update to version 0.707 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2954

Affected Products

Linuxdcpp

References · 12

• 🔥 http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxdcpp/linuxdcpp/client/NmdcHub.cpp.diff?r1=1.14&r2=1.15&sortby=date · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2954 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00116.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00101.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30907 · Note
• http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxdcpp/linuxdcpp/Changelog.txt · Note
• http://dcplusplus.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dcplusplus/dcplusplus/trunk/changelog.txt?r1=1027&r2=1026&pathrev=1027 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020410 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020409 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43566 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30037 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30918 · Note