Vulnerability in Lighttpd
CVE-2008-1531
The connection_state_machine function (connections.c) in lighttpd 1.4.19 and earlier, and 1.5.x before 1.5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (active SSL connection loss) by triggering an SSL error, such as disconnecting before a download has finished, which causes all active SSL connections to be lost.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Lighttpd
- Debian Linux — versions 4.0
References
- trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285 (Vendor Advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2407 (Broken Link)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/43788 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2136 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285 (Vendor Advisory)