CVE-2008-0153 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Pragma TelnetServer version 7.0.4.589. Remote attackers can crash the telnetd.exe process and cause resource exhaustion by sending a specially crafted TELOPT PRAGMA LOGON telnet option, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It requires no authentication and has low attack complexity, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to impact system availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.4.589CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pragma_systems:pragma_telnetserver:7.0.4.589:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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