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FreeBSD : lighttpd -- denial of service vulnerability (1a3bd81f-1b25-11df-bd1a-002170daae37)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44625

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Synopsis

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

Description

Lighttpd security advisory reports :

If you send the request data very slow (e.g. sleep 0.01 after each byte), lighttpd will easily use all available memory and die (especially for parallel requests), allowing a DoS within minutes.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?dc1f9afa

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44625

File Name: freebsd_pkg_1a3bd81f1b2511dfbd1a002170daae37.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 2/17/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0295

BID: 38036

CWE: 399