Bug 2126414 (CVE-2022-37797) - CVE-2022-37797 www-servers/lighttpd: DoS via uninitialized function pointer
Summary: CVE-2022-37797 www-servers/lighttpd: DoS via uninitialized function pointer
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2022-37797
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2126415 2126416
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-09-13 11:57 UTC by ybuenos
Modified: 2022-11-26 10:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-11-26 10:28:25 UTC
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Description ybuenos 2022-09-13 11:57:14 UTC
In lighttpd 1.4.63,65,66 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.

https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3165

Comment 1 ybuenos 2022-09-13 11:57:31 UTC
Created lighttpd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2126415]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2126416]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-11-26 10:28:23 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.


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