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Debian: CVE-2023-27371: libmicrohttpd -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-27371: libmicrohttpd -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/28/2023
Created
04/04/2023
Added
04/03/2023
Modified
04/03/2023

Description

GNU libmicrohttpd before 0.9.76 allows remote DoS (Denial of Service) due to improper parsing of a multipart/form-data boundary in the postprocessor.c MHD_create_post_processor() method. This allows an attacker to remotely send a malicious HTTP POST packet that includes one or more '\0' bytes in a multipart/form-data boundary field, which - assuming a specific heap layout - will result in an out-of-bounds read and a crash in the find_boundary() function.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libmicrohttpd

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