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 duplicate request headers.

🔗 References (38)

• cve@mitrehttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32069
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32132
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32480
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32834
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32972
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305
• cve@mitrehttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774
• cve@mitrehttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
• cve@mitrehttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
• cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645
• cve@mitrehttp://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt
• cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/5