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CVE-2008-1353 (GCVE-0-2008-1353)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-17 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:17
VLAI
Summary
zabbix_agentd in ZABBIX 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and connection consumption) via multiple vfs.file.cksum commands with a special device node such as /dev/urandom or /dev/zero.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0878 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3747 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28244 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/29383 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489506/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2008-03-13 00:00
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