Vulnerability in Lighttpd

CVE-2008-4298

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.

EPSS: 0.034 (87.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Lighttpd — versions 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References