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HistorySep 12, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2022-37797

2022-09-1200:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
22
cve-2022-37797
lighttpd
mod_wstunnel
null pointer dereference
denial of service
websocket
unix

CVSS3

7.5

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

0.002

Percentile

57.7%

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchlighttpd< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlighttpd< anyUNKNOWN

CVSS3

7.5

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

0.002

Percentile

57.7%