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CVE-2008-4298

Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.

Published

2008-09-27T10:30:03.680

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	≤ 1.4.19	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.1	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.2	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.3	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.4	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.5	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.6	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.7	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.8	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.1.9	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.2.1	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.2.2	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.2.3	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.2.4	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.2.5	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.2.6	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.2.7	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.2.8	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.0	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.1	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.2	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.3	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.4	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.5	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.6	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.7	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.8	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.9	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.10	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.11	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.12	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.13	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.14	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.15	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.16	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.0	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.1	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.2	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.3	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.4	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.5	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.6	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.7	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.8	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.9	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.10	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.11	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.12	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.13	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.14	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.15	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.16	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.17	Yes
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.4.18	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml ([email protected])
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305 ([email protected])
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774 Patch ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 ([email protected])
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/5 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31434 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45471 ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31434 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45471 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)