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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2011-4362

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2011-4362

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities