NULL pointer dereference in lighttpd - CVE-2007-1870

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a request to a file whose mtime is 0, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2007-1870

External References

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

Related Security Bulletins

• NULL pointer dereference in lighttpd
• NULL pointer dereference in lighttpd (Alpine package)
• Gentoo update for Lighttpd