Lighttpd < 1.4.14 Multiple DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3969

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running Lighttpd, a small web server. This version of Lighttpd is vulnerable to multiple Denial of Service (DoS) flaws. An attacker exploiting these flaws would only need to be able to send data to the web server. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker crashing the web server.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.14 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3969

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/17/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:lighttpd:lighttpd

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1869, CVE-2007-1870

BID: 23515

Detections

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