CVE-2008-0983

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0983
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-26 18:44:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 22:04:00 UTC
Descriptionlighttpd 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.10 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.11 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.12 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.13 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.14 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.15 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.16 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.17 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.18 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.7 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.8 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.9 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.10 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.11 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.12 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.13 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.14 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.15 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.16 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.17 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.18 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.7 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.8 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: lighttpd-1.4.18-3.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
lighttpd File Descriptor Array Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084 - rPath Wiki CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:08 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Fedora update for lighttpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Lighttpd - Bug #1562: sigsegv @ fdevent_get_handler - when congestion occurs, and file descriptor arrays is full. - lighty labs CONFIRM trac.lighttpd.net Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1609-1 lighttpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: lighttpd-1.4.18-6.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
rPath update for lighttpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Lighttpd File Descriptor Array Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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