CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
62.2%
The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5243 advisory.
A resource leak in gw_backend.c in lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.66 could lead to a denial of service (connection-slot exhaustion) after a large amount of anomalous TCP behavior by clients. It is related to RDHUP mishandling in certain HTTP/1.1 chunked situations. Use of mod_fastcgi is, for example, affected.
This is fixed in 1.4.67. (CVE-2022-41556)
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. (CVE-2022-37797)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-5243. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(165548);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/10");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-37797", "CVE-2022-41556");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-5243-1 : lighttpd - security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
dsa-5243 advisory.
- A resource leak in gw_backend.c in lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.66 could lead to a denial of service
(connection-slot exhaustion) after a large amount of anomalous TCP behavior by clients. It is related to
RDHUP mishandling in certain HTTP/1.1 chunked situations. Use of mod_fastcgi is, for example, affected.
This is fixed in 1.4.67. (CVE-2022-41556)
- 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. (CVE-2022-37797)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/lighttpd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5243");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37797");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-41556");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/lighttpd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the lighttpd packages.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.59-1+deb11u2.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-41556");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/09/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/09/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/09/29");
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:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-authn-gssapi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-authn-pam");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-authn-sasl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-cml");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-deflate");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-geoip");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-magnet");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-maxminddb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-mbedtls");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-nss");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-openssl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-dbi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-pgsql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-webdav");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-wolfssl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-modules-dbi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-modules-ldap");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-modules-lua");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-modules-mysql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
var release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(11)\.[0-9]+", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 11.0', 'Debian ' + release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-doc', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-authn-gssapi', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-authn-pam', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-authn-sasl', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-cml', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-deflate', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-geoip', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-magnet', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-maxminddb', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-mbedtls', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-nss', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-openssl', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-dbi', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-pgsql', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-webdav', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-mod-wolfssl', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-modules-dbi', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-modules-ldap', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-modules-lua', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'lighttpd-modules-mysql', 'reference': '1.4.59-1+deb11u2'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var release = NULL;
var prefix = NULL;
var reference = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (release && prefix && reference) {
if (deb_check(release:release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : deb_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'lighttpd / lighttpd-doc / lighttpd-mod-authn-gssapi / etc');
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37797
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-41556
packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/lighttpd
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37797
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-41556
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/lighttpd
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5243