ubuntu · CVE-2012-5533

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Priority: medium Published: 2012-11-24 20:55:00 UTC Updated: 2024-07-24 15:57:39 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-5533 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lighttpd), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): not-affected 5, released 1.

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.

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