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lighttpd: allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from stuck connections) (CVE-2022-30780)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 11, 2022
Added
Sep 19, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.58 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from stuck connections) because connection_read_header_more in connections.c has a typo that disrupts use of multiple read operations on large headers.

Solution

http-lighttpd-upgrade-latest
Title
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