CVE-2010-0295

Description

lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each read operation that occurs for a request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by breaking a request into small pieces that are sent at a slow rate.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References

• http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0295_vulnerability_in
• http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_d…
• http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos…
• http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041264.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041296.html