CVE-2008-6519
HIGHEPSS 93th pctlDescription
Format string vulnerability in Xitami Web Server 2.2a through 2.5c2, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a Long Running Web Process (LRWP) request, which triggers incorrect logging code involving the sendfmt function in the SMT kernel.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.
References
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Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2008-6519?
No published fix for CVE-2008-6519 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.
Is CVE-2008-6519 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2008-6519 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 5.9% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2008-6519?
CVE-2008-6519 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
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