Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 24, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-3948

Description

connections.c in lighttpd before 1.4.16 might accept more connections than the configured maximum, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion) via a large number of connection attempts.

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Affected products

Lighttpd/Lighttpd2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.4.15
- (no CPE)range: <1.4.16

Patches

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References

secunia.com/advisories/26130nvdPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/26158nvdVendor Advisory
osvdb.org/38312nvd
secunia.com/advisories/26505nvd
secunia.com/advisories/31104nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xmlnvd
trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1873nvd
trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1216nvd
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609nvd
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/24967nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2585nvd

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