CVE-2007-3948 (GCVE-0-2007-3948)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-07-24 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 14:37
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
connections.c in lighttpd before 1.4.16 might accept more connections than the configured maximum, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion) via a large number of connection attempts.
References
cve@mitre.org http://osvdb.org/38312
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26130 Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26158 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26505
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/31104
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml
cve@mitre.org http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1873
cve@mitre.org http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1216
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609
cve@mitre.org http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24967
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2585
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://osvdb.org/38312
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26130 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26158 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26505
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/31104
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1873
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1216
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24967
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2585
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