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CVE-2022-30780 (GCVE-0-2022-30780)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-11 14:40 – Updated: 2024-08-03 06:56
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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