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FKIE_CVE-2022-30780

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-06-11 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:44
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
lighttpd lighttpd 1.4.56
lighttpd lighttpd 1.4.57
lighttpd lighttpd 1.4.58

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