CVE-2007-3947 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

request.c in lighttpd 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending an HTTP request with duplicate headers, as demonstrated by a request containing two Location header lines, which results in a segmentation fault.

Published: 2007-07-24

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: 16.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1362-1	New lighttpd packages fix several vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16486.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/38313
http://secunia.com/advisories/26130
http://secunia.com/advisories/26158
http://secunia.com/advisories/26505
http://secunia.com/advisories/26593
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1869
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1232
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1362
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24967
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2585

History

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Lighttpd Lighttpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:37:05.379Z

Reserved: 2007-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-3947

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-07-24T00:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-3947

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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