Resource Management Errors Affecting lighttpd package, versions <1.4.18-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.86% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-LIGHTTPD-5686209
  • published26 Feb 2008
  • disclosed26 Feb 2008

Introduced: 26 Feb 2008

CVE-2008-0983  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 lighttpd to version 1.4.18-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lighttpd package and not the lighttpd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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