CVE-2007-1869

N/A Unknown

Published: April 18, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/24886

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/24947

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/24995

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/25166

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/25613

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-07.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1303

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/4/13/lighttpd_sa2007_01.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466464/30/6900/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23515

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1399

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33671

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1218

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/24886