CVE-2008-0983
EPSS 4.6%lighttpd - multiple DOS issues
Published: 2/26/2008Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0983
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/lighttpdfrom 0, < 1.4.18-2
- Debian/lighttpdfrom 0, < 1.4.13-4etch9