{"id":"CVE-2008-0983","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:39:40.760320Z","published":"2008-02-26T18:44:00Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10585-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29066"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29166"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29209"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29268"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29622"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31104"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/references"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29066"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}