Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- LICQ 1.3.5 - File Descriptor Remote Denial of Service EDB-31627 · dos · Apr 8, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- SUSE-SR:2008:010 vendor-advisory
- licq-connections-dos(41732) vdb-entry
- 20080410 Re: Re: licq remote DoS? mailing-list
- 3851 third-party-advisory
- 20080408 licq remote DoS? mailing-list
- ADV-2008-1446 vdb-entry
- 28679 vdb-entry
- 30055 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-3812 vendor-advisory
- http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
- http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
- [oss-security] 20080425 CVE request: licq denial of service mailing-list
- 30236 third-party-advisory
- 20080410 Re: licq remote DoS? mailing-list
- MDVSA-2008:159 vendor-advisory