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CVE-2008-4309
high
CVSS 7.5
Vulnerability in c (CVE-2008-4309)
Summary
vulnerability in c (CVE-2008-4309). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2008-4309** has been found in c.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "c CVE-2008-4309" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2008-4309 (c) — CWE-20 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-20) exists in c.
📍 Affected scope
c — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'c' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'c' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `c` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- web http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00001.html
- web http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- web http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
- web http://net-snmp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/net-snmp/tags/Ext-5-2-5-1/net-snmp/agent/snmp_agent.c?r1=17271&r2=17272&pathrev=17272
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/32539
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/32560
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/32664
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/32711
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/33003
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/33095
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/33631
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/33746
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/33821
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- web http://secunia.com/advisories/35679
- web http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-15.xml
- web http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=882903
- web http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262908-1
- web http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- web http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4298
- web http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-467.htm
- web http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0315
- web http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1663
- web http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:225
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/31/1
- web http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0971.html
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498280/100/0/threaded
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32020
- web http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021129
- web http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-685-1
- web http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- web http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0001.html
- web http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2973
- web http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3400
- web http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0301
- web http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- web http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1771
- web https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46262
- web https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6171
- web https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6353
- web https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9860
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4309
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0971
- web https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4309
- web https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469349
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c4mx-98gv-gxm8