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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-4298
Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd...
Vulnerability Description
Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.
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://secunia.com/advisories/32069
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32972
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/5
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45471
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32834
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31434
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32132
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32480
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 1.3.8, 1.3.9, 1.3.10, 1.3.11, 1.3.12, 1.3.13, 1.3.14, 1.3.15, 1.3.16, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 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:
September 27th, 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.