CVE-2022-37797

In lighttpd 1.4.65, mod_wstunnel does not initialize a handler function pointer if an invalid HTTP request (websocket handshake) is received. It leads to null pointer dereference which crashes the server. It could be used by an external attacker to cause denial of service condition.
References
Link Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3165 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-12 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5243 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Dec 2022, 01:11

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References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-12 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-12 - Third Party Advisory

31 Oct 2022, 04:15

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References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-12 -
  • (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5243 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00002.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

15 Sep 2022, 04:08

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3165 - (MISC) https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3165 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
CWE CWE-476
CPE cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

12 Sep 2022, 15:58

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-09-12 15:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:51


NVD link : CVE-2022-37797

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37797

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-37797


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Products Affected

lighttpd

  • lighttpd

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference