openSUSE 15 Security Update : lighttpd (openSUSE-SU-2022:10132-1)
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The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10132-1 advisory.

– In lighttpd 1.4.65, mod_wstunnel does not initialize a handler function pointer if an invalid HTTP request (websocket handshake) is received. It leads to null pointer dereference which crashes the server. It could be used by an external attacker to cause denial of service condition. (CVE-2022-37797)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.Read More

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