CVE-2007-3947 EXPLOIT
5.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.07% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-07-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| lighttpd | lighttpd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Lighttpd 1.4.15 - Multiple Code Execution / Denial of Service / Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities | 2007-04-16 |
References
- 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
- 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
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