CVE-2008-4298
Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with
02 Description
Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with
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
- 3.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2008-09-27 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c58a1caff6b99228749ed3b2aed1b51a8e501cdd14d20d159eac47d9456a8e70
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com32069http://secunia.com/advisories/32069
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180
- secunia.com32972http://secunia.com/advisories/32972
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080926 CVE Request (lighttpd)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/5
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlighttpd-httprequestparse-dos(45471)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45471
- secunia.com32834http://secunia.com/advisories/32834
- www.securityfocus.com31434http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31434
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
- secunia.com32132http://secunia.com/advisories/32132
- www.lighttpd.nethttp://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt
- www.securityfocus.com20081030 rPSA-2008-0309-1 lighttpdhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2741http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741
- www.debian.orgDSA-1645http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645
- secunia.com32480http://secunia.com/advisories/32480
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:026http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-04http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.19-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.19-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.19-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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