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CVE-2010-0295 json

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 c…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-0326

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.1%
EPSS 12.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • lighttpd Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.26-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0295

  • lighttpd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4.37-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10402-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-0295 updated

lighttpd: Remote DoS (excessive memory use) by handling specially-crafted HTTP request

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33591)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33591 lighttpd 1.4/1.5 - Slow Request Handling Remote Denial of Service dos, 2010-02-02
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38036 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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