Resource exhaustion in Ledgersmb
CVE-2008-4077
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.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/31843 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31109 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45033 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496181/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- www.ledgersmb.org/node/70 (Release Notes)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4250 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-4077?
- CVE-2008-4077 is a vulnerability in Ledgersmb, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. Published 2008-09-15.
- Is CVE-2008-4077 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.