CVE-2008-4077

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Published Sep 15, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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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.

Exploit prediction score: 2.9% (2.946% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:00 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 15, 2008, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:00 AM
Reserved: Sep 15, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 15, 2008, 3:14 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM

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