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FreeBSD : lighttpd -- remote DoS in HTTP authentication (c6521b04-314b-11e1-9cf4-5404a67eef98)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57411

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Synopsis

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

Description

US-CERT/NIST reports :

Integer signedness error in the base64_decode function in the HTTP authentication functionality (http_auth.c) in lighttpd 1.4 before 1.4.30 and 1.5 before SVN revision 2806 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via crafted base64 input that triggers an out-of-bounds read with a negative index.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?336cdb6a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57411

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c6521b04314b11e19cf45404a67eef98.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 12/29/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:lighttpd, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4362