CVE-2008-0983

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability83. percentile2.3%
ProductLighttpd
PublishedFeb 26, 2008
First seenFeb 26, 2008

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
lighttpd lighttpd1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 1.4.13, 1.4.14, 1.4.15, 1.4.16, 1.4.17, 1.4.18—

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