CVE-2007-3946
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
mod_auth (http_auth.c) in lighttpd before 1.4.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors involving (1) a memory leak, (2) use of md5-sess without a cnonce, (3) base64 encoded strings, and (4) trailing whitespace in the Auth-Digest header.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3930)
- Published
- July 24, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3930 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- lighttpd / lighttpd
References
- http://osvdb.org/38314
- http://osvdb.org/38315
- http://osvdb.org/38316
- http://osvdb.org/38317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26130(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26158(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26505
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26593
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/browser/branches/lighttpd-1.4.x/NEWS?rev=1875
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1875
- 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
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1550
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1554
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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