FreeBSD : lighttpd -- Remote DOS in CRLF parsing (d2b48d30-ea97-11db-a802-000fea2763ce)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25052

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Lighttpd SA :

If the connection aborts during parsing '\r\n\r\n' the server might get into a infinite loop and use 100% of the CPU time. lighttpd still responses to other requests. This can be repeated until either the server limit for concurrent connections or file descriptors is reached.

The bug was reported and fixed by Robert Jakabosky.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.lighttpd.net/assets/2007/4/13/lighttpd_sa2007_01.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?ab92706e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25052

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d2b48d30ea9711dba802000fea2763ce.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 4/19/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:lighttpd, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1869