CVE-2008-4298
EPSS 2.6%lighttpd - various problems
Published: 9/27/2008Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/lighttpdfrom 0, < 1.4.19-5
- Debian/lighttpdfrom 0, < 1.4.13-4etch11