FKIE_CVE-2008-2954

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-07-01 22:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
Severity
Summary
client/NmdcHub.cpp in Linux DC++ (linuxdcpp) before 0.707 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty private message, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxdcpp/linuxdcpp/Changelog.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxdcpp/linuxdcpp/client/NmdcHub.cpp.diff?r1=1.14&r2=1.15&sortby=dateExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://dcplusplus.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dcplusplus/dcplusplus/trunk/changelog.txt?r1=1027&r2=1026&pathrev=1027
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30907
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30918
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30037
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020409
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020410
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43566
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00101.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00116.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxdcpp/linuxdcpp/Changelog.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxdcpp/linuxdcpp/client/NmdcHub.cpp.diff?r1=1.14&r2=1.15&sortby=dateExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dcplusplus.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dcplusplus/dcplusplus/trunk/changelog.txt?r1=1027&r2=1026&pathrev=1027
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30907
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30918
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020409
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020410
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43566
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00101.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00116.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux direct_connect 0.686
linux direct_connect 0.699
linux direct_connect 0.700
linux direct_connect 0.701
linux direct_connect 0.702
linux direct_connect 0.703
linux direct_connect 0.704
linux direct_connect 0.705
linux direct_connect 0.706
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