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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4077 · published 15 September 2008

CVE-2008-4077: Ledgersmb uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability

Ledgersmb · Ledgersmb

The CGI scripts in (1) LedgerSMB (LSMB) before 1.2.15 and (2) SQL-Ledger 2.8.17 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an HTTP POST request with a large Content-Length.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.8% · top 13.9% CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
2.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The CGI scripts in (1) LedgerSMB (LSMB) before 1.2.15 and (2) SQL-Ledger 2.8.17 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an HTTP POST request with a large Content-Length.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31843 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4250 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ledgersmb.org/node/70 Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496181/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31109 Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45033 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31843 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4250 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ledgersmb.org/node/70 Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496181/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31109 Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45033 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4077), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.