CVE-2007-1869 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in lighttpd by disconnecting during CRLF parsing, triggering an infinite loop and resource exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-1869?
CVE-2007-1869 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Apr 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
lighttpd 1.4.12 and 1.4.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cpu and resource consumption) by disconnecting while lighttpd is parsing CRLF sequences, which triggers an infinite loop and file descriptor consumption.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1869?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lighttpd Lighttpd.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1869?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-1869 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1869 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1869, GHSA-7mcc-f855-qrgf.