CVE-2008-0983 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in lighttpd versions 1.4.18 and potentially earlier, prior to 1.5.0. This flaw stems from an improper calculation of a file descriptor array size, allowing remote attackers to crash the server through a large number of connections, leading to an out-of-bounds access. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a medium-severity issue, easily exploitable over the network without authentication, resulting in a loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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