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CVE-2008-4298

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-09-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.

Affected Platforms

Lighttpd Lighttpd

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References