Vulnerability in Lighttpd

CVE-2007-1869

lighttpd 1.4.12 and 1.4.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cpu and resource consumption) by disconnecting while lighttpd is parsing CRLF sequences, which triggers an infinite loop and file descriptor consumption.

EPSS: 0.034 (87.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Lighttpd — versions 1.4.12, 1.4.13
  • N/a — versions n/a

References