CVE-2012-5533
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 12%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDNov 24
1st PoCNov 22
exploitation probability
12%top 4% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
3 public exploit(s)
The http_request_split_value function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.32 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a request with a header containing an empty token, as demonstrated using the "Connection: TE,,Keep-Alive" header.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 3
exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/22902unverifiedcve_referencepacketstormsecurity.org/files/118282/Simple-Lighttpd-1.4.31-Denial-Of-Service.htmlunverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/22902unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.31_fix_connection_header_dos.patchhttp://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2012_01.txthttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00044.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00051.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576815022399&w=2http://osvdb.org/87623http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/118282/Simple-Lighttpd-1.4.31-Denial-Of-Service.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51268http://secunia.com/advisories/51298https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80213https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0345http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22902