CVE-2007-1869

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2007-1869 · Published 18/04/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-1869 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting lighttpd (lighttpd).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.4%, higher than 88.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lighttpd lighttpd	`= 1.4.12= 1.4.13`	No fix yet

Description

lighttpd 1.4.12 and 1.4.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cpu and resource consumption) by disconnecting while lighttpd is parsing CRLF sequences, which triggers an infinite loop and file descriptor consumption.

References

secunia.com/advisories/24886 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/24947
secunia.com/advisories/24995
secunia.com/advisories/25166
secunia.com/advisories/25613
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-07.xml
debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1303
lighttpd.net/assets/2007/4/13/lighttpd_sa2007_01.txt · Patch
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
securityfocus.com/archive/1/466464/30/6900/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/23515
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1399
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33671
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1218

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