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Debian DSA-5243-1 : lighttpd - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 165548

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5243 advisory.

 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint.
 CVE-2022-37797 An invalid HTTP request (websocket handshake) may cause a NULL pointer dereference in the wstunnel module. CVE-2022-41556 A resource leak in mod_fastcgi and mod_scgi could lead to a denial of service after a large number of bad HTTP requests. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.59-1+deb11u2. 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the lighttpd packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.59-1+deb11u2.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5243

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37797

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-41556

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165548

File Name: debian_DSA-5243.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41556

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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-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, 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-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: 9/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37797, CVE-2022-41556