CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-4362
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-12-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• lighttpd lighttpd (>= 1.4.1 < 1.4.30)
• lighttpd lighttpd 1.5.0
• debian debian linux 5.0
• debian debian linux 6.0
• debian debian linux 7.0
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0167.html Broken Link
- http://blog.pi3.com.pl/?p=277 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2011_01.txt Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html Third Party Advisory
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2370 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47260 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2368 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18295 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/13 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026359 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758624 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71536 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0167.html Broken Link
- http://blog.pi3.com.pl/?p=277 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2011_01.txt Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html Third Party Advisory
- http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2370 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47260 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2368 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18295 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/13 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026359 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758624 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71536 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry