Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2007-5481 is a remote denial-of-service issue in Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse 1.3.65. An attacker could crash the service using a SOCKS flood, potentially disrupting anti-spam filtering that depends on DCC. The source bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, or a named fixed version. Exposure is most likely where Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse 1.3.65 is deployed, especially if reachable by untrusted networks. The provided affected-product metadata is incomplete, so confirm by asset inventory and installed package versions. Treat this as a targeted availability risk to legacy anti-spam infrastructure. It is not evidenced as data theft or ransomware-enabling, but an exposed vulnerable DCC service could disrupt mail security operations. Mitigation focus: Identify any DCC 1.3.65 deployments in production or mail-filtering infrastructure.; Check Rhyolite DCC guidance and change logs for the appropriate supported update.; Restrict untrusted network access to DCC components where operationally possible..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- dcc-socks-streams-dos(37224)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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