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CVE-2008-1531

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1531 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in lighttpd versions 1.4.19 and earlier, and 1.5.x before 1.5.0. An attacker can trigger an SSL error, such as prematurely disconnecting during a download, causing all active SSL connections on the server to be lost. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.5, < 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1531

lighttpd closes unrelated SSL connections on SSL error

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29505
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29544
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29636
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29649
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30023
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41545
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2407
Broken Link
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00587.html
Third Party Advisory
trac.lighttpd.net / trac/changeset/2136
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
trac.lighttpd.net / trac/changeset/2139
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
trac.lighttpd.net / trac/changeset/2140
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
trac.lighttpd.net / trac/ticket/285
Vendor Advisory
trac.lighttpd.net / trac/ticket/285
Vendor Advisory
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1540
Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 43788
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/28489
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1063/references
Third Party Advisory