CVE-2008-4298 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion in lighttpd by sending requests with duplicate headers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-4298?
CVE-2008-4298 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lighttpd Lighttpd.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4298?
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-2008-4298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298, GHSA-w6pj-53xr-3hq6.