CVE-2007-3947

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Published Jul 24, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.8 Medium EPSS 8.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

request.c in lighttpd 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending an HTTP request with duplicate headers, as demonstrated by a request containing two Location header lines, which results in a segmentation fault.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1362-1	New lighttpd packages fix several vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 8.1% (8.072% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/38313
http://secunia.com/advisories/26130
http://secunia.com/advisories/26158
http://secunia.com/advisories/26505
http://secunia.com/advisories/26593
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1869
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1232
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1362
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24967
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2585

History

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Subscriptions

Lighttpd Lighttpd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:37 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 24, 2007, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:37 PM
Reserved: Jul 23, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 24, 2007, 12:30 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM

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