CVE-2008-4298 Information

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.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305 http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31434 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45471