vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-5903-1 (CVE-2022-22707): lighttpd vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 6, 2022
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

In lighttpd 1.4.46 through 1.4.63, the mod_extforward_Forwarded function of the mod_extforward plugin has a stack-based buffer overflow (4 bytes representing -1), as demonstrated by remote denial of service (daemon crash) in a non-default configuration. The non-default configuration requires handling of the Forwarded header in a somewhat unusual manner. Also, a 32-bit system is much more likely to be affected than a 64-bit system.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-lighttpd
Title
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