# CVE-2007-1870: lighttpd before 1.4.14 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request to a file whose mtime is 0, which results in a NU

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-04-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

lighttpd before 1.4.14 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request to a file whose mtime is 0, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/25613
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-07.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1399
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24947
- http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/4/13/lighttpd_sa2007_02.txt
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1303
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33678
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23515
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466464/30/6900/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25166
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24886

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