DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37797

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37797
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37797.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37797
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2022-09-12T15:15:08Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:04:47Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In lighttpd 1.4.65, mod_wstunnel does not initialize a handler function pointer if an invalid HTTP request (websocket handshake) is received. It leads to null pointer dereference which crashes the server. It could be used by an external attacker to cause denial of service condition.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.66-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37797.json"

Debian:13 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.66-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37797.json"

Debian:14 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.66-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37797.json"