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title: "CVE-2008-0983\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-0983

Publication date 26 February 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not
properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of
connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0983?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| lighttpd | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.4.13-9ubuntu4.3 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.4.13~r1370-1ubuntu1.4 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.4.11-3ubuntu3.6 |

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## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

per emgent, this is fixed with 90\_maxfds\_crash\_fix

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0983)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0983)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0983)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0983)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0983>