# CVE-2008-1648: Sympa before 5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an e-mail message with a malformed value of the Con

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-04-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Sympa before 5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an e-mail message with a malformed value of the Content-Type header and unspecified other headers. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1080/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29575
- http://sourcesup.cru.fr/tracker/?func=detail&group_id=23&aid=3702&atid=167
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1600
- http://www.sympa.org/distribution/latest-stable/NEWS
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:133
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41561
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28539
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30910

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