4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-1531
Lighttpd SSL Connection State Machine Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The connection_state_machine function (connections.c) in lighttpd 1.4.19 and earlier, and 1.5.x before 1.5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (active SSL connection loss) by triggering an SSL error, such as disconnecting before a download has finished, which causes all active SSL connections to be lost.

INFO

Published Date :

March 27, 2008, 11:44 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:44 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-1531 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Lighttpd lighttpd
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-1531.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29505 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29544 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29649 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30023 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml Third Party Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2136 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2139 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2140 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:18 Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:21 Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/43788 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28489 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1063/references Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214892 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41545 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2407 Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00587.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29505 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29544 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29649 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30023 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml Third Party Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2136 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2139 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2140 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:18 Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:21 Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/43788 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28489 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1063/references Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214892 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41545 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2407 Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00587.html Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-1531 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-1531 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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/2008-05/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29505
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29544
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29636
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29649
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30023
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2136
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2139
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2140
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:18
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:21
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/43788
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28489
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1063/references
    Added Reference https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214892
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41545
    Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2407
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00587.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2139 No Types Assigned http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2139 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1063/references Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1063/references Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2136 No Types Assigned http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2136 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/43788 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/43788 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00587.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00587.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28489 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28489 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2140 No Types Assigned http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2140 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30023 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30023 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132 No Types Assigned http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41545 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41545 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:18 No Types Assigned http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:18 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29649 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/29649 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214892 No Types Assigned https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214892 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2407 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2407 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29505 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/29505 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:21 No Types Assigned http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:21 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29544 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/29544 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.9 *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.19 OR *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.19 *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.5 up to (excluding) 1.5.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41545 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41545 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1531 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-2008-1531 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

24.22 }} -1.14%

score

0.96629

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability