Use-after-free vulnerabilities in lighttpd <= 1.4.50
Vulnerability Description
There exists use-after-free vulnerabilities in lighttpd <= 1.4.50 request parsing which might read from invalid pointers to memory used in the same request, not from other requests.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Thanks to VDOO Embedded Security part of JFROG for reporting the vulnerability in the If-Modified-Since header with line folding, and thanks to Marcus Wengelin for reporting the vulnerability in the Range header with a specially crafted pair of Range headers.
References
- https://blogvdoo.wordpress.com/2018/11/06/giving-back-securing-open-source-iot-projects/#more-736
- https://www.runzero.com/blog/lighttpd/
- https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/commit/df8e4f95614e476276a55e34da2aa8b00b1148e9
- https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/commit/d161f53de04bc826ce1bdaeb3dce2c72ca50a3f8
- https://9443417.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/9443417/Security%20Advisories/2024/AMI-SA-2024002.pdf
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312260
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