CVE-2008-0983
Lighttpd DoS Crash Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 26, 2008, 6:44 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29066 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29166 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29209 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29268 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31104 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/references Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180.html -
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/1/488926/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 26, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0983 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-2008-0983
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
4.98 }} -0.72%
score
0.88687
percentile