CVE-2008-4298

NameCVE-2008-4298
DescriptionMemory 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1645-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
lighttpd (PTS)buster1.4.53-4+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)1.4.53-4+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.4.59-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1.4.69-1fixed
trixie1.4.74-1fixed
sid1.4.74-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
lighttpdsourceetch1.4.13-4etch11DSA-1645-1
lighttpdsource(unstable)1.4.19-5medium

Notes

http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt

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