CVE-2008-1531 Information

Description

The connection_state_machine function (connections.c) in lighttpd 1.4.19 and earlier and 1.5.x before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (active SSL connection loss) by triggering an SSL error such as disconnecting before a download has finished which causes all active SSL connections to be lost.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29505 http://secunia.com/advisories/29544 http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 http://secunia.com/advisories/29649 http://secunia.com/advisories/30023 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2136 http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2139 http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2140 http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285comment:18 http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285comment:21 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540 http://www.osvdb.org/43788 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28489 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1063/references https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214892 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41545 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2407 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00587.html