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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:04:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request: lighttpd


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Name: CVE-2008-0983
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0983
Reference: CONFIRM:http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562
Reference: BID:27943
Reference: URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943
Reference: FRSIRT:ADV-2008-0659
Reference: URL:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/references
Reference: SECUNIA:29066
Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/29066

lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not
properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large
number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.


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