CVE-2010-0295 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting lighttpd versions before 1.4.26 and 1.5.x. Attackers can exploit this by sending fragmented, slow requests, causing the server to allocate excessive memory and leading to resource exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial denial of service. While not actively exploited in the wild, an ExploitDB entry exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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