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Medium
CVE-2008-0983
lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not...
Vulnerability Description
lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29268
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29209
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29166
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31104
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 1.4.13, 1.4.14, 1.4.15, 1.4.16, 1.4.17, 1.4.18
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 26th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.