Bug 2130965 (CVE-2022-41556)

Summary:	CVE-2022-41556 lighttpd: resource leak can lead to denial of service
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	ybuenos
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gwync, matthias, rhbugs
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	lighttpd 1.4.67	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2022-11-28 23:54:19 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2130966, 2130967
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Description ybuenos 2022-09-29 14:38:36 UTC

A resource leak in mod_fastcgi and mod_scgi could lead to a denial of service after a large number of bad HTTP requests.

The issue is fixed upstream in 1.4.67.

Comment 1 ybuenos 2022-09-29 14:38:55 UTC

Created lighttpd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2130966]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2130967]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-11-28 23:54:17 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.