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 :
Oct. 31, 2018, 7:23 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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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
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.
9.03 }} -0.94%
score
0.94841
percentile