DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0983

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0983
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0983.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0983
Upstream
Published
2008-02-26T18:44:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:05:02.569232Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:14 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}