--- title: "CVE-2008-4776\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4776?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-4776 Publication date 28 October 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | ekg | 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 | Fixed 1:1.7~rc2-2ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1:1.7~rc2-2ubuntu0.7.10.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1:1.6+20051103-1ubuntu1.1 | | kadu | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.6.0.2-2ubuntu0.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | libgadu | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1:1.8.0+r592-1ubuntu0.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4776) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4776) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4776) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4776) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-692-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-692-1) + Gadu vulnerability + 17 December 2008 ### Other references *