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CVE-2012-5533

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-11-21	lighttpd -- remote DoS in header parsing

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CVE-2012-5533 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-5533
Phase	Assigned(20121024)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
EXPLOIT-DB	22902
MLIST	[oss-security] 20121121 lighttpd 1.4.32 released, fixing CVE-2012-5533
MISC	http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.31_fix_connection_header_dos.patch
MISC	http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/118282/Simple-Lighttpd-1.4.31-Denial-Of-Service.html
CONFIRM	http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2012_01.txt
CONFIRM	https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0345
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2013:100
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1532
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2014:0074
BID	56619
OSVDB	87623
SECTRACK	1027802
SECUNIA	51268
SECUNIA	51298
XF	lighttpd-httprequestsplitvalue-dos(80213)