| Name | CVE-2022-30780 |
| Description | Lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.58 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from stuck connections) because connection_read_header_more in connections.c has a typo that disrupts use of multiple read operations on large headers. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| lighttpd (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.4.35-4+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.4.45-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 1.4.53-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.4.53-4+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.4.59-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.4.69-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.73-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| lighttpd | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| lighttpd | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| lighttpd | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| lighttpd | source | (unstable) | 1.4.59-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - lighttpd <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - lighttpd <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://podalirius.net/en/cves/2022-30780/
https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-30780-lighttpd-denial-of-service
https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3059
Fixed by: https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/commit/b03b86f47b0d5a553137f081fadc482b4af1372d (lighttpd-1.4.59)