CVE-2008-0983
N/A
Published: February 26, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLighttpd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (17)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29066Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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