CVE-2008-1996

Publication date 28 April 2008

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
licq 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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