Use After Free Affecting lighttpd package, versions [,1.4.33)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.89% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIGHTTPD-2383256
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Nov 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Nov 2013

CVE-2013-4560  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lighttpd to version 1.4.33 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. Use-after-free vulnerability in lighttpd before 1.4.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger FAMMonitorDirectory failures.

CVSS Scores

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