Overview
A use-after-free vulnerability in lighttpd in versions 1.4.50 and earlier permits a remote, unauthenticated attacker to read from invalid pointers in CPU memory. The attacker can use crafted HTTP Requests to crash the web server and/or leak memory in order to access sensitive data. This vulnerability was fixed in 2018 by the lighttpd project. However, a number of implementations of lighttpd remain vulnerable due to a failure to apply the security updates provided by lighttpd.
Description
lighttpd is a lightweight web server software that is meant for low resource environments with limited CPU and memory. This open-source software is available in binary form and source code that is included in various IoT and firmware environments. In November of 2018, VDOO researchers disclosed a vulnerability related to the HTTP header parsing code in lighttpd versions 1.4.50 and earlier. This security issue was fixed by lighttpd as part of their 1.4.51 release in August 2018. At the time of disclosure, VDOO researchers identified the primary impact to be Denial of Service (DoS) using the unreleased memory pointer.
However, a CVE ID was not obtained as part of the fix outlined above, leaving the vulnerability without a public identifier. In April of 2024, Binarly discovered that the lighttpd vulnerability was still present in a number of products, presenting a supply-chain risk. The lack of CVE ID rendered the security fix invisible to projects that utilize earlier versions of lighttpd. Many organizations depend on a public CVE ID ..
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