CVE-2007-3948
connections.c in lighttpd before 1.4.16 might accept more connections than the configured maximum, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion) via a large number of
02 Description
connections.c in lighttpd before 1.4.16 might accept more connections than the configured maximum, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion) via a large number of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-07-24 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-07-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b4e35e2e68837bcc07bf0b51a4bf69e2113672e4b74c3f7dc0f0c6daafb214cf
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com26158http://secunia.com/advisories/26158
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1873
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2585http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2585
- secunia.com26130http://secunia.com/advisories/26130
- www.debian.orgDSA-1609http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609
- www.securityfocus.com20070719 rPSA-2007-0145-1 lighttpdhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com24967http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24967
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200708-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml
- secunia.com31104http://secunia.com/advisories/31104
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1216
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:015http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
- secunia.com26505http://secunia.com/advisories/26505
- osvdb.org38312http://osvdb.org/38312
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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