| Name | CVE-2008-0983 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1609-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 466663 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| lighttpd (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.4.59-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.4.69-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.79-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lighttpd | source | etch | 1.4.13-4etch9 | DSA-1609-1 | ||
| lighttpd | source | (unstable) | 1.4.18-2 | medium | 466663 |