CVE-2008-4298
N/A
Published: September 27, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLighttpd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (19)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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