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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-26T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:40.227Z

Reserved: 2008-02-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-0983

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-26T18:44:00.000

Modified: 2018-10-15T22:04:05.467

Link: CVE-2008-0983

cve-icon Redhat

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