DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4298
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298
Upstream
Published
2008-09-27T10:30:03.680Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:51.396562Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Memory leak in the httprequestparse 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.

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
1.4.19-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298.json"

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
1.4.19-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298.json"

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
1.4.19-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298.json"

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
1.4.19-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298.json"