Bug 464637 (CVE-2008-4298)

Summary:	CVE-2008-4298 lighttpd: memory leak http_request_parse() in request.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	matthias
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4298
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Last Closed:	2009-04-09 17:45:26 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	464638, 464639, 464640, 464641
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Description Josh Bressers 2008-09-29 19:15:40 UTC

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.

Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20080926 CVE Request (lighttpd)
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/5
Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180
Reference: CONFIRM:http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305
Reference: CONFIRM:http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774
Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-12-26 14:15:45 UTC

lighttpd-1.4.20-6.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lighttpd-1.4.20-6.fc9

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-12-26 14:17:04 UTC

lighttpd-1.4.20-6.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lighttpd-1.4.20-6.fc8

Comment 4 Matthias Saou 2009-04-09 17:45:26 UTC

Forgot to close this report. Closing now, as 1.4.22 is being pushed to F-9+.