Use After Free Affecting lighttpd package, versions [,1.4.50)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIGHTTPD-7300333
  • published21 Jun 2024
  • disclosed17 Jun 2024
  • creditMarcus Wengelin

Introduced: 17 Jun 2024

CVE-2018-25103  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lighttpd to version 1.4.50 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free through a case-insensitive comparison against the reused pointer. An attacker can gain unauthorized access or cause a denial of service by exploiting the freed memory area.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1