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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 12.1%
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- redhat
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 request into small pieces that are sent at a slow rate.
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)
- 12.1% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (5 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- 38403 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2711 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 39765 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-7643 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- lighttpd-slow-request-dos(56038) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0295_vulnerability_in (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-7636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1987 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_dos.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2710 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38036 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100202 lighttpd: slow request dos/oom attack [CVE-2010-0295] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-7611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201006-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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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