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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-4362: lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-4362: lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/24/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Integer signedness error in the base64_decode function in the HTTP authentication functionality (http_auth.c) in lighttpd 1.4 before 1.4.30 and 1.5 before SVN revision 2806 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via crafted base64 input that triggers an out-of-bounds read with a negative index.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-servers-lighttpd

References

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