Description
Memory 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.
Published: 2008-09-27
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1645-1 New lighttpd packages fix various problems
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4281 Memory 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.
History

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Lighttpd Lighttpd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.967Z

Reserved: 2008-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4298

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-27T10:30:03.680

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

Link: CVE-2008-4298

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-09-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4298 - Bugzilla

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