Bug#479036: CVE-2008-1996: DoS due to too many connections

To: Steffen Joeris <steffen.joeris@skolelinux.de>, 479036@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#479036: CVE-2008-1996: DoS due to too many connections
From: Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 15:25:20 +0200
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On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:54:18AM +1000, Steffen Joeris wrote:
> Package: licq
> Severity: normal
> 
> The following CVE(0) has been issued against licq.
> 
> CVE-2008-1996:
> 
> 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. 

I will make a QA upload for that.

Gruesse,
-- 
Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
www: http://www.djpig.de/

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  - From: Steffen Joeris <steffen.joeris@skolelinux.de>

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