NULL pointer dereference in lighttpd - CVE-2007-1870
Published: April 18, 2007 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32410
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1870
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: lighttpd
Affected software:
lighttpd
lighttpd
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-1870
Update to version 1.4.14.
Sources
- 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