CVE-2008-1531

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1531
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-27 23:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe connection_state_machine function (connections.c) in lighttpd 1.4.19 and earlier, and 1.5.x before 1.5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (active SSL connection loss) by triggering an SSL error, such as disconnecting before a download has finished, which causes all active SSL connections to be lost.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Lighttpd - Bug #285: active SSL connection loss (SSL3_WRITE_PENDING:bad write retry) (CVE-2008-1531) - lighty labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.lighttpd.net Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Lighttpd SSL Error Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changeset 2139 – lighttpd – Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.lighttpd.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2407 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
Lighttpd - Bug #285: active SSL connection loss (SSL3_WRITE_PENDING:bad write retry) (CVE-2008-1531) - lighty labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.lighttpd.net Vendor Advisory
Debian update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Changeset 2140 – lighttpd – Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.lighttpd.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/43788 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
rPath update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:200?8:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Redmine 404 error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.lighttpd.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: lighttpd-1.4.19-4.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: lighttpd-1.4.19-4.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
lighttpd OpenSSL Error Queue Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
214892 – www-servers/lighttpd <1.4.19-r2 closing of foreign SSL connections (DoS) (CVE-2008-1531) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1540-1 lighttpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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