CVE-2010-0295

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0295
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-03 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlighttpd 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.0.2 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.0.3 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.0 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.1 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.2 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.3 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.4 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.5 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.6 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.7 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.8 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.1.9 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.2.0 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.2.1 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.2.2 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.2.3 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.2.5 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.2.6 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.2.7 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.2.8 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.0 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.1 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.10 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.11 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.12 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.13 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.14 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.15 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.16 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.2 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.3 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.4 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.5 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.6 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.8 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.3.9 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.0 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 1.4.19 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.2 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.20 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.21 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.22 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.23 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.24 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.3 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.4 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.5 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.6 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 1.5.0 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 Slow Request Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: lighttpd-1.4.26-2.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_dos.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.lighttpd.net Patch
oss-security - lighttpd: slow request dos/oom attack [CVE-2010-0295] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Lighttpd - Revision 2711 - lighty labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 redmine.lighttpd.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: lighttpd-1.4.26-2.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Fedora update for lighttpd - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.sun.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- lighttpd: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: lighttpd-1.4.26-2.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
lighttpd Slow Request Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.lighttpd.net Patch
Lighttpd - Revision 2710 - lighty labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 redmine.lighttpd.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1987-1 lighttpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Lighttpd - Bug #2147: slow request dos/oom attack - lighty labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 redmine.lighttpd.net
download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.lighttpd.net Patch
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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