Input validation error in lighttpd - CVE-2007-1869
Published: April 18, 2007 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33827
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1869
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
lighttpd 1.4.12 and 1.4.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cpu and resource consumption) by disconnecting while lighttpd is parsing CRLF sequences, which triggers an infinite loop and file descriptor consumption.
Affected software
lighttpd
Gentoo Linux
lighttpd (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
lighttpd (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2007-1869
Install update from vendor's website.
lighttpd - update to 1.4.13
lighttpd (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.35-r4
lighttpd (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.35-r4
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_01.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/33671
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1218