CVE-2010-0295
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 12.1%EU EUVD
lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each read operation that occurs for a request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by breaking a request into small pieces that are sent at a slow rate.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 12.1% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0326)
- Published
- February 3, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0326 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- lighttpd / lighttpd
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References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0295_vulnerability_in
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_dos.patch(Patch)
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos.patch(Patch)
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041264.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041296.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041307.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2147
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2710
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2711
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38403(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39765
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-17.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1987
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38036(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0172
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56038
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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