Intrusion PreventionLighttpd.FastCGI.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates an attempt to exploit a header overflow vulnerability in Lighttpd before version 1.4.18.
There is a header overflow vulnerability in Lighttpd that occurs when the application calls the fast_cgi module. It allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary CGI variables and execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long content length.
Affected Products
Lighttpd 1.x., before version 1.4.18
Impact
System Compromise: remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Update to version 1.4.18.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 15234 |
| Created | Dec 21, 2007 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2007-4727 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 30.45% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Linux |
| Affected App | Other |