CVE - CVE-2010-0295

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-0295	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20100202 lighttpd: slow request dos/oom attack [CVE-2010-0295] URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/8 CONFIRM:http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_dos.patch CONFIRM:http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos.patch CONFIRM:http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt CONFIRM:http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2147 CONFIRM:http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2710 CONFIRM:http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2711 CONFIRM:http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0295_vulnerability_in DEBIAN:DSA-1987 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1987 FEDORA:FEDORA-2010-7611 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041296.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2010-7636 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041264.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2010-7643 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041307.html GENTOO:GLSA-201006-17 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-17.xml SUSE:SUSE-SR:2010:003 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html BID:38036 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38036 SECUNIA:38403 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38403 SECUNIA:39765 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/39765 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0172 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0172 XF:lighttpd-slow-request-dos(56038) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56038
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Date Entry Created
20100112	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20100112)
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