CVE-2008-4077 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The CGI scripts in (1) LedgerSMB (LSMB) before 1.2.15 and (2) SQL-Ledger 2.8.17 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an HTTP POST request with a large Content-Length.

Published: 2008-09-15

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ledgersmb:ledgersmb::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sql-ledger:sql-ledger::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01449.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/31843
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4250
http://www.ledgersmb.org/node/70
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496181/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31109
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45033

History

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Subscriptions

Ledgersmb Ledgersmb

Sql-ledger Sql-ledger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-09-15T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:42.863Z

Reserved: 2008-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4077

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-15T15:14:07.367

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-4077

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

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