CVE-2008-5421 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SSL web administration service of NetWin SmsGate 1.1n and earlier. Attackers can exploit this by sending malformed HTTP Content-Length headers (large, negative, or missing), causing the service to hang. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1nCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:smsgate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:smsgate:1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:smsgate:1.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0hCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:smsgate:1.0h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0rCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netwin:smsgate:1.0r:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.