CVE-2008-0983

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.98% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/references vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29268 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29066 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29209 third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29166 third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31104 third party advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562 patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0983?
CVE-2008-0983 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0983?
To fix CVE-2008-0983, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0983 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0983 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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