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Debian DSA-5040-1 : lighttpd - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156651

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5040 advisory.

 An out-of-bounds memory access was discovered in the mod_extforward plugin of the lighttpd web server, which may result in denial of service. For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.53-4+deb10u2. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.59-1+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd packages. For the detailed security status of lighttpd please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/lighttpd

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the lighttpd packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.59-1+deb11u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/lighttpd

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5040

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-22707

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/lighttpd

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/lighttpd

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156651

File Name: debian_DSA-5040.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22707

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-modules-lua, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-modules-ldap, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-magnet, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-authn-sasl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-authn-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-modules-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-openssl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-dbi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-maxminddb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-wolfssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-authn-ldap, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-geoip, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-authn-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-nss, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-webdav, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-modules-dbi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-mbedtls, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-cml, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-authn-pam, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-deflate

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22707