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CVE-2007-3946

mod_auth (http_auth.c) in lighttpd before 1.4.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 0.04694
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Affected Products & Versions

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lighttpd<= 1.4.15
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Scoring & Timeline

6.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD24 Jul 2007 · 12:30 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://osvdb.org/38314
http://osvdb.org/38315
http://osvdb.org/38316
http://osvdb.org/38317
http://secunia.com/advisories/26130Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/26158Vendor Advisory
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