CVE-2008-0983

lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.

🔗 References (34)

• cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29066
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29166
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29209
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29268
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29622
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31104
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562
• cve@mitrehttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084
• cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/references
• cve@mitrehttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284