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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61325
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:159 (licq)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to licq
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:159.

A flaw was discovered in licq versions prior to 1.3.6 that allowed
a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large
number of connections (CVE-2008-1996).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: Corporate 3.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:159

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1996
BugTraq ID: 28679
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
Bugtraq: 20080408 licq remote DoS? (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563
Bugtraq: 20080410 Re: Re: licq remote DoS? (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
Bugtraq: 20080410 Re: licq remote DoS? (Google Search)
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:010 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references
XForce ISS Database: licq-connections-dos(41732)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732
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