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CVE-2008-4796 (GCVE-0-2008-4796)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-30 20:49 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
Summary
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Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31887 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1691 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32361 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-10-28 00:00
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