CVE-2008-0945 (GCVE-0-2008-0945)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-25 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:01
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the logging function in the IM Server (aka IMserve or IMserver) in Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) 2.0.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via format string specifiers in an IP address field.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487748/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27677 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3697 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://aluigi.org/poc/ipsimene.zip x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/28824 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-02-07 00:00
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