CVE-2007-3946
Lighttpd Denial of Service and Memory Leak Vulnerability
Description
mod_auth (http_auth.c) in lighttpd before 1.4.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors involving (1) a memory leak, (2) use of md5-sess without a cnonce, (3) base64 encoded strings, and (4) trailing whitespace in the Auth-Digest header.
INFO
Published Date :
July 24, 2007, 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
4.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://osvdb.org/38314 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/38315 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/38316 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/38317 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26130 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26158 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26505 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26593 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/browser/branches/lighttpd-1.4.x/NEWS?rev=1875 Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1875 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1362 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24967 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2585 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1550 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1554 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 24, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-3946 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-3946
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
3.05 }} -1.23%
score
0.85483
percentile