CVE-2011-4362

Summary

CVECVE-2011-4362
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-12-24 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-04 20:12:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.5.0 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: lighttpd/mod_auth out-of-bounds read due to signedness error MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug #2370: out-of-bounds read due to signedness error - Lighttpd - lighty labs CONFIRM redmine.lighttpd.net Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA47260 - Debian update for lighttpd - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
lighttpd Denial of Service Vulnerability PoC EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Lighttpd Proof of Concept code for CVE-2011-4362 : pi3 blog MISC blog.pi3.com.pl Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2368-1 lighttpd DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: lighttpd/mod_auth out-of-bounds read due to signedness error MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2011_01.txt CONFIRM download.lighttpd.net Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
JVN#37417423: Multiple vulnerabilities in SolarView Compact JVN jvn.jp Third Party Advisory
lighttpd Authentication Decoding Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
20111224 Lighttpd Proof of Concept code for CVE-2011-4362 BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link
758624 – (CVE-2011-4362) CVE-2011-4362 lighttpd: Out of bounds read due to a signedness error (DoS, crash) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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