CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
96.5%
Two problems were discovered with lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint, which could allow denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :
CVE-2007-1869 Remote attackers could cause denial of service by disconnecting partway through making a request.
CVE-2007-1870 A NULL pointer dereference could cause a crash when serving files with a mtime of 0.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1303. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(25465);
script_version("1.17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-1869", "CVE-2007-1870");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1303");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1303-1 : lighttpd - denial of service");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Two problems were discovered with lighttpd, a fast webserver with
minimal memory footprint, which could allow denial of service. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
problems :
- CVE-2007-1869
Remote attackers could cause denial of service by
disconnecting partway through making a request.
- CVE-2007-1870
A NULL pointer dereference could cause a crash when
serving files with a mtime of 0."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=422254"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1869"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1870"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1303"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the lighttpd package.
For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.13-4etch1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/06/12");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"lighttpd", reference:"1.4.13-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"lighttpd-doc", reference:"1.4.13-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"lighttpd-mod-cml", reference:"1.4.13-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"lighttpd-mod-magnet", reference:"1.4.13-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost", reference:"1.4.13-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl", reference:"1.4.13-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"lighttpd-mod-webdav", reference:"1.4.13-4etch1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");