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Medium
CVE-2010-0295
lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each...
Vulnerability Description
lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each read operation that occurs for a request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by breaking a request into small pieces that are sent at a slow rate.
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/38403
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2711
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39765
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2147
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041307.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56038
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0295_vulnerability_in
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041264.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1987
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_dos.patch
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2710
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38036
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos.patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/8
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041296.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-17.xml
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.1.0, 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, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 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, 1.3.8, 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, 1.4.2, 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, 1.4.19, 1.4.20, 1.4.21, 1.4.22, 1.4.23, 1.4.24, 1.5.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 3rd, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.