Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 26, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0983
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.
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Affected products
14cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.5.0
Patches
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References
17- secunia.com/advisories/29066nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562nvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943nvdPatch
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29166nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29209nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29268nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29622nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31104nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xmlnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/referencesnvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180.htmlnvd
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