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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1531

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-1531

Description:
The connection_state_machine function (connections.c) in lighttpd 1.4.19 and earlier, and 1.5.x before 1.5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (active SSL connection loss) by triggering an SSL error, such as disconnecting before a download has finished, which causes all active SSL connections to be lost.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41545

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA29649
  Secunia Advisory: SA29636
  Secunia Advisory: SA29505
  Secunia Advisory: SA29544
  Secunia Advisory: SA30023

OSVDB
  43788

MISC
  http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:21
  http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:18

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml

FEDORA

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540

CONFIRM
  http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0132
  http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2140
  http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2136
  http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2139

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded

BID
  28489


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