lighttpd up to 1.4.18 resource management

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A vulnerability was found in lighttpd up to 1.4.18 (Web Server) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2008. The weakness was shared 02/26/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0983 since 02/26/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31775 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : lighttpd (lighttpd-5107)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165710 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:008)).

Upgrading to version 1.4.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40779) and Tenable (31775). The entries 36018, 40632, 41796 and 41766 are related to this item.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31775
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : lighttpd (lighttpd-5107)
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OpenVAS ID: 61357
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1609-1 (lighttpd)
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Upgrade: lighttpd 1.4.10

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Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-0983 (🔍)
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X-Force: 40779
Vulnerability Center: 17792 - Lighttpd File Descriptor Array Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS, High
SecurityFocus: 27943 - Lighttpd File Descriptor Array Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29066
OSVDB: 42363 - CVE-2008-0983 - lighttpd - Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0659

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/06/2019 11:13
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (76), 08/06/2019 11:13 (8)
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