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Title : Licq Incoming Connections Handling Remote Denial of Service Issue
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1446
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1996
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-05-07

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A vulnerability has been identified in Licq, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service [...]

Solution

Apply patch :
http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Milen Rangelov.

ChangeLog

2008-05-07 : Initial release

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