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CVE-2011-4362 Detail

Description

Integer signedness error in the base64_decode function in the HTTP authentication functionality (http_auth.c) in lighttpd 1.4 before 1.4.30 and 1.5 before SVN revision 2806 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via crafted base64 input that triggers an out-of-bounds read with a negative index.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0167.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://blog.pi3.com.pl/?p=277 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2011_01.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2370 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/47260 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2368 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18295 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/13 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026359 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758624 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71536 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-4362
NVD Published Date:
12/24/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.