CVE-2010-0295
lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each read operation that occurs for a request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by breaking a
02 Description
lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each read operation that occurs for a request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by breaking a
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
- 12.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.7% 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
- 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
- 2010-02-03 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-01-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 839d76fef308e8f18cb325f07bddb14880c9b568a824b1ad244a2caf00881415
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com38403http://secunia.com/advisories/38403
- redmine.lighttpd.nethttp://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2711
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0172http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0172
- secunia.com39765http://secunia.com/advisories/39765
- redmine.lighttpd.nethttp://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2147
- download.lighttpd.nethttp://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-7643http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041307.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlighttpd-slow-request-dos(56038)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56038
- blogs.sun.comhttp://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0295_vulnerability_in
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-7636http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041264.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1987http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1987
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:003http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html
- download.lighttpd.nethttp://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_dos.patch
- redmine.lighttpd.nethttp://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2710
- www.securityfocus.com38036http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38036
- download.lighttpd.nethttp://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos.patch
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100202 lighttpd: slow request dos/oom attack [CVE-2010-0295]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/8
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-7611http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041296.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201006-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-17.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.26-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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