FKIE_CVE-2008-0983
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-02-26 18:44 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.7 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.8 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.9 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.10 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.11 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.12 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.13 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.14 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.15 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.16 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.17 | |
| lighttpd | lighttpd | 1.4.18 |
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| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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