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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.5%
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- mitre
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 duplicate request headers.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (19)
- 32069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080926 CVE Request (lighttpd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- lighttpd-httprequestparse-dos(45471) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31434 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20081030 rPSA-2008-0309-1 lighttpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2741 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1645 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 32480 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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